Vincent Pastore: Settles assault suit

Vincent Pastore of "The Sopranos" fame has settled a 5.5 million dollar lawsuit that has accused him of beating his ex-fiancee.

Details about Vincent Pastore’s news have been inferred from quite a number of sources. According to them, the settlement was declared on Tuesday just before sixty two year old Pastore was about to be testified for the 2nd day in Supreme Court of Manhattan state in the assault trial that was filed by Lisa Regina who is forty seven year old.

Lawyers for both sides added that the terms of the settlement were confidential.

Pastore, who portrayed the character of outgoing, amiable mob killer Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the hit HBO series, said almost nothing before he left the court premise.

The actor continued, "I think I just want to say, 'Thank God it's over,' and leave," "How can anybody be happy about something like this?"

Regina, who is a writer, actress and acting coach, added that she was "just glad there's closure and I can move forward."

However she has declined to disclose the settlement terms. She said, "What I got, you can't put a price on — peace and closure."

In her lawsuit that was filed in the year 2006, Regina commented that Pastore attacked her on April 2, 2005, after they began a car trip to New Jersey. In fact he has punched her, grabbed her hair and forced her head down on the car's gear shift.

Later that year Pastore pleaded guilty for the charge of attempted assault and was sentenced to seventy hours of community service and anger management therapy.

Pastore was the only witness who has been testified so far in the trial that began on Friday. He said that he started fighting with Regina when she tried to call a former boyfriend, and wept when he concluded that she did not love him.

He said that the couple yelled and cursed at each other in the car on a street in Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan. When he got out to open the passenger-side door, Regina started yelling at onlookers and said, "Big Pussy's beating me up!’Sopranos!'.

Pastore commented that he yanked her out of his car and dumped her and her luggage on a street while she tore at his clothing and also pulling down his pants. However Pastore has denied of hitting her, but said that he had pulled her hair.