Martial-arts master Steven Seagal is a “delusional” liar, witnesses testified yesterday in defense of a reputed wiseguy accused of trying to squeeze millions out of the action-flick actor.
“His ability to be truthful is questionable, very much so,” said Canadian filmmaker Damian Lee, when asked to describe Seagal’s reputation in the movie world.
Lee was one of seven witnesses reputed Gambino capo Anthony “Sonny” Ciccone’s lawyer George Santangelo called to blast holes in the feds’ version of the Seagal extortion saga.
The 50-year-old star – who testified at the Peter Gotti racketeering trial earlier this month – claims a group of wiseguys headed by Ciccone tried to muscle their way into the film industry by extorting him.
Seagal has accused his former producer Julius Nasso of teaming up with the thugs after their partnership dissolved, and trying to force the martial-arts master to keep making action flicks – and shell out $3 million.
The aging action hero said the Gambinos expected a cut of the profits.
“Delusional, that would be a fair way of putting it,” Lee told The Post outside court, describing Seagal’s mental state. “You can’t tell what is fact or fiction.”
Another witness who testified yesterday said Seagal once convinced Nasso, a Staten Island resident, to jump on a red-eye flight because the star’s California estate was under siege by Japanese “yakuza” gangsters.
James Daluise, a friend of Nasso’s, said he accompanied the producer on the bizarre emergency trip. By the time the pair arrived in California, Seagal calmly told them it was “a mistake.”