Paul Sorvino adds to the 2 million defensive uses

Zundfolge · Jan 18, 2007

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STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- "Goodfellas" actor Paul Sorvino pulled a gun on his daughter's ex-boyfriend after the man pounded on her hotel door and made threats, the daughter testified.

"He got in my father's face and said, 'Go ahead, Paul, shoot, I ain't done nothing wrong,' " Amanda Sorvino, 36, told a Monroe County judge.

The judge granted her request for a protection-from-abuse order against Daniel Snee, 21.

Amanda Sorvino testified Snee threatened to kill her at a hotel January 3 in Stowe, Vermont; she said she locked herself in the bathroom and called both police and her father.

Her 67-year-old father showed up before police, she testified. When police arrived, the young man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, she said.

Sorvino said that she met Snee when he was hired to care for her horses and that they began dating, but that the relationship soured. She said he then began threatening her, and her father "if he ever got in the way."

Sorvino testified that although the threat happened in another state, she wanted a court order that would protect her at another home she has in Monroe County. The order lasts for three years.

Snee could not be reached for comment because he was jailed in Vermont, it was not immediately clear if he has lawyer.

Paul Sorvino, the star of 1982's "That Championship Season," did not accompany his daughter to court Tuesday. His screen credits also include roles in "Goodfellas" and "The Cooler."

He is also the father of Mira Sorvino, who won an Oscar for her role in Woody Allen's 1995 comedy "Mighty Aphrodite."

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mugdava · Jan 18, 2007

I can just hear Mr. Sorvino telling that Snee character
"believe Me when I say I've got something for Your punk @$$!"
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mugdava

SELFDEFENSE · Jan 18, 2007

Wonder if he has been an anti-gun Hollywood type in the past?

Zundfolge · Jan 18, 2007

The story I've heard (and I have no source to back this up so take it for the hearsay it is) is that he left Law & Order because he refused to do an episode specifically written to make gun owners look bad. (but I've also heard he left the show because it bored him as an actor and the New York winters had a bad effect on his voice).

I do believe that Sorvino has publicly supported the NRA and California Rifle Association.

SELFDEFENSE · Jan 21, 2007

That's refreshing

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