Report details mob shakedown of Chubby, Ponytailed Jackass

NEW YORK (AP) — Court papers filed this week by federal prosecutors detail alleged attempts by Gambino crime family associates to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from action star Steven Seagal. The papers were filed in connection with a bail hearing for reputed Gambino captain Anthony Ciccone, who was among 17 alleged mob figures charged in a 68-count federal racketeering indictment in June. On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered Ciccone to remain in custody. Although the papers did not identify the actor, law enforcement sources have said it is Seagal. Wiretapped conversations show Julius Nasso, Seagal’s longtime producer, participated in demanding that Seagal pay $150,000 to the mob for each movie he made, the papers said. Investigators have said Seagal was so shaken that he paid $700,000 to the mob, though that information was not included in the new filing. Seagal’s attorney, Martin Pollner, had no comment on the case Wednesday.

Normally, I would find this situation apalling, but it's widely known that Seagal is a creep especially when it comes to his dealings with the opposite sex. Check out some information, complements of IMDB.com:
Steven Seagal quotes:

• "I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol."
• On what he thinks are the most important lessons that one should strive to live by in Aikido: "Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with intregrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings."

On Seagal's personal life:

• Arrissa, his youngest child with LeBrock, was named after the family nanny. Seagal then got involved romantically with the nanny who then became pregnant with his child. (So much for integrity and morality!)
• Is the first foreigner ever to own and operate an Aikido dojo in Japan. Known as "Master Take Shigemichi", he was the chief instructor at the Aikido Tenshin Dojo in the city of Osaka. (This particular line is what he uses to pick up chicks... "Hey, I have a dojo. Can I touch your boobies?")