Soprano Star Gets Arrested Playing Gangster Off-Screen

Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at 9:26 AM Central

by Heather Koehler

He's A.J. Soprano on the HBO hit series "The Sopranos" and he can call the shots because daddy is mob boss Tony Soprano. But Robert Iler found out his family goes about as far as the camera.

The 16-year-old star and two of his friends were arrested and are facing charges of robbery and possession of marijuana, all to which the boys have plead not guilty.

The threesome allegedly stole $40 from two Brazillian boys on Manhattan's Upper East Side Monday. Evidently his days as a gangster's son hasn't taught him a thing.