Former Sopranos actor denies murder
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Former Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato, who is charged with the real-life murder of a police officer, has said he isn’t a thug or a killer.
“I’m not the monster that they portray me as in newspapers, a cold-blooded killer and all of that. I’m not that person at all,” he told US television in a jail interview.
Brancato and a co-defendant are awaiting trial over the December 2005 shooting of Officer Daniel Enchautegui, who was shot while off duty.
Prosecutors said Mr Enchautegui confronted Brancato and Steven Armento while they were breaking into a Bronx flat in search of prescription drugs. Armento is accused of firing the fatal shot.
“I know in my heart I was in no way responsible for the death of that police officer,” Brancato told WCBS TV. His lawyer banned questions about the shooting, according to the television station.
Mr Brancato made his debut starring opposite Robert De Niro in A Bronx Tale in 1993. He went on to appear in more than a dozen movies and had a recurring role as a would-be mobster on The Sopranos.
