Embattled actor's ex pleads guilty to DWI

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The ex-girlfriend of former "Sopranos" cast member Lillo Brancato was fined $500 this week after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge in New York.

Stefanie Armento took the misdemeanor beef, which stemmed from a March car chase with New York police in the Bronx.

The 21-year-old had been involved with Brancato, who is awaiting trial on charges he and Armento's father killed a police officer while burglarizing a Bronx apartment, the New York Post said.

Colombia-born Brancato co-starred in the Robert De Niro film "A Bronx Tale" and spent a season in "The Sopranos" as doomed hoodlum Matthew Bevilacqua.