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There's an eerie 'Sopranos' coincidence surrounding James Gandolfini and the paramedic on trial for stealing his Rolex the day he died.

The paramedic, whose trial started Monday in Rome, is Claudio Bevilacqua. That name might sound familiar to hardcore 'Sopranos' fans ... since Tony offed a Matt Bevilaqua in a 2001 episode of HBO's hit show.

On the show, Bevilaqua robbed Tony's crew and demanded a watch from one of the guys. The boss eventually catches up with Bevilaqua and delivers some mob justice.

Adding to the creepy life imitating art thing -- Bevilaqua was played by Lillo Brancato, who eventually did time in real life for attempted burglary.

The whole thing is just weird. Check out the TV heist.

Alanis Morissette has just made good on her threat ... suing her former business managers for allegedly stealing more than $4.7 million.

TMZ broke the story ... the business management company -- GSO -- filed suit Monday against one of their own partners ... Jonathan Schwartz, who also reps Beyonce and Mariah Carey. GSO admits Alanis was threatening to sue the company because Schwartz went rogue and allegedly stole the loot.

Alanis claims in her lawsuit ... there was a "pattern of wrongful conduct" by Schwartz and GSO. She said her plan when she hired them back in 2007 ... not to spend any of the money but instead to live off the interest.

She says $8 million was wrongfully transferred from her investment accounts, and millions disappeared.

One of the paramedics who rushed to James Gandolfini as he was dying in Rome, stole his $3,000 watch ... according to prosecutors.

Claudio Bevilacqua's trial started Monday in Rome. It's still unclear if he allegedly stole the Rolex Submariner right off the 'Sopranos' star's body, or if it was lifted from his hotel room.

TMZ broke the story ... Gandolfini's people reported the Rollie was missing to his insurance company back in 2013, a few months after he died of a heart attack. At the time, there was no suspect named in the theft.

Monday's hearing was brief, and Bevilacqua was not present in court.

Ciara got shot down in a big way in custody court Monday ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected to the former couple say Ciara showed up in court asking for sole custody of their 1-year-old son, baby Future. She claimed Future was a bad parent who was not present in the child's life. We're told she and her lawyer also trash talked Future to the judge, saying he was a bad person.

For his part, Future showed up and asked for joint custody, and the judge was squarely on his side, rejecting her arguments.

California courts favor joint custody, so the decision was in line with the law.

We got Ciara leaving court, and she was mum.

It's been a bitter battle since baby Future was born. She's filed a $15 million defamation lawsuit against him. The case is ongoing.

Ex-Tennessee Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck has struck a plea deal in his DUI case ... stemming from a February arrest, when the 39-year-old smashed his car into a light pole.

As we previously reported, Bulluck -- who was nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015 -- was busted in Nashville on Feb. 23rd when cops responded to the crash scene around 3 AM and realized Keith was bombed.

Bulluck appeared in court early Tuesday morning -- where he pled guilty to reckless endangerment and, in exchange, he was sentenced to 1 year probation and ordered to pay court fines.

Cops never said if Bulluck was injured in the wreck -- but he's been traveling around the world and recently joked about wanting to fight Conor McGregor ... so we're guessing he's okay.

Chris Brown's ATV antics have been captured on video ... which is now in the hands of the LAPD.

The video -- shot by one of Brown's San Fernando Valley neighbors and obtained by TMZ -- shows Brown and a friend, each on an ATV, and another friend on a 3-wheeler, driving at a high rate of speed in the neighborhood.

As we reported, some of Chris' neighbors are enraged he's been driving recklessly in the neighborhood. They say Brown was doing doughnuts on the street last Wednesday, even on someone's lawn. Brown denies it, but this video was shot the next day.

The video has been turned over to the LAPD, which has already told us will be sent over to the L.A. City Attorney for possible criminal prosecution for disturbing the peace.

Chris believes the neighbor who shot the video is just angry because he's "rich and black."

BTW ... driving an ATV on a public street is illegal.

Sinead O'Connor's been forced out of her native Ireland by her father, ex-husband and ungrateful son ... if you buy what she's selling in a rambling angry letter about her suicide attempts.

Sinead blames her ex, John Reynolds, and son Jake for forcing her to "run to another continent just to stay alive." As we've reported, she's now living outside Chicago, and disappeared for 24 hours ... leading friends and family to think she was going to kill herself.

She acknowledges having a "suicidal compulsion" and says to the men in her family ... "Every one of you had better pray I die. Because I'm suing the f****** lot of you for what you've done to me if I manage to live through it."

In her Facebook post the singer also rants about abortions, her mother's death, her "psychological destruction" and a mountain of medical bills.

Sinead vows that if God doesn't kill her ... "We are all going to court and we are gonna have this out in full public for once and for all."

Alanis Morissette was fleeced to the tune of $4.7 million by her famous business manager ... so claims the company where the manager worked, claiming he used the money to fund a lavish and glitzy lifestyle.

GSO Business Management claims Jonathan Schwartz, one of its business managers, took on Alanis as a client, in addition to other famous entertainers including Beyonce and Mariah Carey. According to the lawsuit, Alanis dumped Schwartz in 2016 and hired a new manager, who began investigating where her money went.

The suit claims $4.7 million could not be accounted for, and GSO confronted Schwartz, who told this story ... Alanis told him to withdraw the money so she could invest in a marijuana growing business and he obliged by giving the money to her reps. GSO says his story didn't check out. The suit says Alanis vehemently denies she ever asked Schwartz to invest in the pot biz.

The suit claims Schwartz stole the money to support an opulent lifestyle, including a $50,000 vacation to Bora Bora and paying off a $75,000 gambling debt at a casino in the Bahamas.

The lawsuit doesn't mention Alanis by name -- it just refers to a "former client" -- but sources connected with the singer tell us she's the victim.

According to the suit, Alanis threatened to sue GSO and it wants Schwartz to pay any judgment. Since he was a partner the firm needs a court order, which it is seeking, to kick him out of the firm.

The woman who claims Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion has just added Hugh Hefner to the lawsuit, claiming he knew of Cosby's predilections of alleged serial sexual battery but still put her in harm's way.

Chloe Goins claims in a new lawsuit, Hefner is the one who introduced her to Cosby at a 2008 party at the Mansion. As we reported, Goins claims Cosby spiked her drink and then when she was out of it sucked her toes. She also says when she came to her breasts were wet and sticky.

Charlie Sheen is way in the red on his Platinum AMEX card ... so deeply his late fees alone would probably put your mortgage or rent payment to shame.

AMEX just sued Sheen for an unpaid balance of $287,879.28. According to the docs, the bill should have been paid by March 12, but Charlie remains in arrears.

The balance includes $8,357.69 just in late fees!

YG and AD were in the middle of filming a rap video in Compton when bullets sent more than 200 people running and ducking ... TMZ has learned.

It all unfolded Sunday afternoon as the rappers shot their video for "Thug." Production came to an immediate halt though when the shots started, and law enforcement sources tell us it appears to be gang related. Not coincidentally, we're told there were Bloods and Crips on the set.

We're also told officers found about 30 shell casings from an AK-47 on the ground, and a handgun was recovered. Cops haven't figured out who owns the gun. YG and his crew were briefly detained before getting released.

So far no one's been arrested, and no one was hit in the hail of shots.

A rep for YG tells us he had no involvement and fully cooperated with cops.

Mike Epps believed for a minute someone from LAX jacked thousands of dollars from him, and it got heated between the actor and the cops.

Mike had been sitting in the Delta boarding area and apparently an envelope filled with cash fell out of his carry-on. We're told a custodian found the envelope, opened it and saw the money ... then immediately called cops to report it.

Law enforcement tells us the cops took the envelope, and a short time later Epps approached an officer and said he lost an envelope filled with $25,000 in cash.

When the officer gave Epps the envelope there was less than $12k inside, and the actor got upset, as you can see from the video. We're told Epps then said he wasn't sure, but there was at least $15k inside.

We're told Epps called his wife and manager, who both said they didn't think there was more than $12k inside. Epps still wasn't convinced, but didn't want to make a big deal of it ... so he left.

2:02 PM PT -- Epps just called LAX police back and said he's square ... the correct amount of money was in the envelope.

Zut alors! Justin Bieber just got sued in Montreal by a promotional company that says he destroyed its biz with one little tweet.

The promoter, Team Productions, says they had a deal for Justin to do an appearance at Beach Club last August. JB was supposed to do a couple songs and then hang out with fans -- but the event was scrapped.

Team Productions says it paid Bieber $250k when he signed the deal, and promised another $175k right before the event. But TP says it noticed Justin wasn't pumping up the gig on his social media ... as the contract required him to do.

The promoter says Justin demanded they pay the rest of the money or he wouldn't show -- but since Justin wasn't plugging, Team Productions wanted a discount. Negotiations started, but failed ... leading Justin to tweet on the morning of the event he would be bagging out because the promoter lied.

Our Bieber sources claim TP didn't have the $175k balance when it came time to pay -- even though it had been using Justin's name to promote. TP insists it had the cash, but just wanted the cut rate.

Team Productions says it's been branded a liar and as a result no one wants to work with them. They want at least $650k in damages.

Justin Bieber wants to expand his world tour to include a stop in Argentina, but he and his people have decided it's just too risky ... TMZ has learned.

We're told the Purpose Tour has been so successful, Bieber is expanding to South America, Japan and Australia. But Argentina poses problems, because a judge in the country previously issued an arrest warrant against Bieber, to question him about a pending criminal case involving one of his bodyguards.

As we reported, the warrant was pulled, so technically Bieber can return. Problem is ... the assault case against the bodyguard is ongoing, and Bieber is worried the judge may go rogue and have him arrested in connection with the case.

The only thing that could change Bieber's mind ... if the judge issues a declaration that the singer is free to return without fear of being hauled in for questioning.

Wendell Pierce from "The Wire" remembers things much differently from the alleged victim in his battery arrest -- because he says HE was the one held against his will.

According to docs obtained by TMZ ... police say Pierce and his girlfriend started talking politics with three people in the hallway of their Atlanta hotel. As we've reported -- Pierce backs Hillary Clinton and the alleged victim is a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Pierce's side of the story is he followed the Bernie fan and her friends to their room as they argued about Clinton and Sanders -- but stayed outside the room. He claims they tried to pull him into the room ... as he tried to run away.

The alleged victim has a more brutal memory of what happened. She says when Pierce followed, he stuck his arm in the door and tried to enter her hotel room. She claims when they tried to push him out, Pierce grabbed her hoodie and ripped it so hard it came off.

Pierce was booked for simple battery.

All the so-called "long lost" relatives of Prince should have to pay to prove they're truly the singer's blood ... according to the bank running his estate.

TMZ obtained docs filed by Bremer Trust Bank ... and it's asking a judge to sign off on getting anyone who's "claiming a genetic relationship" to fork over the dough to cover DNA testing costs.

As we've told you ... at least one man has come forward claiming he's Prince's son and says he's ready and willing to get genetic testing to prove it.