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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.

Kim Kardashian made it abundantly clear she knows exactly what pays the bills -- her naked body, and she's vowing to give you more of it.

Kim K earned the first ever "Break the Internet" honor at the Webby Awards Monday night in New York, and did her own version of a mic drop when she accepted the trophy.

Kim was honored for her powerful social media presence, which includes her massively popular Kimoji app and mobile game.

Check out her speech. Kobe's got, "Mamba out" ... and now Kim has these 5 words.

Lenny Kravitz don't need no stinking dressing rooms -- the guy shut down the Saint Laurent store on Rodeo Drive and went topless for everyone to see.

Lenny tried on a bunch of different shirts Monday evening in Bev Hills. We don't know what he bought, but we're sure they all look freakin' amazing on him -- just ask the chick in this video who couldn't resist snapping shots of shirtless Lenny in the window.

Michael Strahan's wide grin Tuesday morning on "Good Morning America" said it all -- there's no more bitterness or awkwardness to deal with at the office.

Days after he and Kelly Ripa parted ways ... Strahan's happily working his new full-time gig with 'GMA.'

Parting isn't always such sweet sorrow. Sometimes it's just sweet.

Scott Disick is good at what he does -- whatever that is -- because he's managed to snag a new girlfriend and at the same time and in the same city squire his baby mama's mother and sister around.

Scott was in Cannes Monday, rubbing elbows with Kris Jenner and holding hands with Kendall at Paul Allen's yacht party.

Definitely got game.

Prince's siblings are now in a battle royale over how to market their late brother ... and make money in the process.

We've learned more than a dozen lawyers representing Prince's 6 siblings have been at each other's throats, competing for ways to get money for their clients ... and quickly.

Our sources say 3 and possibly 4 of the siblings and their lawyers have put together a TV package, with major music producers and famous artists who will perform Prince songs for a 2 hour TV special set to air in August.

The plan is to make the 6 siblings co-producers, which will give them enough money to tide them over as the bank running the estate figures out how to dole out the cash.

Here's the conflict. We're told Tyka and at least one other sibling is not on board ... she wants to produce her own special and control it.

The other siblings are enraged Tyka gets to live rent free in a house Prince owned ... a house on which the bank is still paying the mortgage and home-related expenses. The siblings feel they too should get comparable support, but they're getting nothing ... thus their idea for the TV special.

Legendary Tejano singer Emilio Navaira -- an early pioneer of the genre -- died Monday night.

Navaira reportedly died of a massive heart attack while he was at home. Family members found him unresponsive. He was 53.

Emilio was good friends with Selena Quintanilla -- they performed and recorded together and popularized the music style in the '90s. He was widely considered the Garth Brooks of Tejano music.

The San Antonio native won a Grammy in 2002 for best Tejano album "Acuérdate."

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."

Rihanna's dropping dough all over Texas and one Austin bartender's reaping the benefits.

RiRi turned up over the weekend at The Lodge on 6th, where she showed the staff mad love. Not that she was boozing out of control -- she had a show the next day -- and her tab was only $82.25.

Still, we're told she left a fat tip of $200 for her barkeep!

Rihanna and her crew weren't there long -- they arrived at 1:15 and stayed until last call, sipping Jameson and Cokes while high-fiving fans. We're told her bodyguards only stepped in to block the restroom when girls tried to follow her.

From bars to strip clubs -- she spends freely, deep in the heart of Texas (clap, clap, clap, clap)!

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 rift between Prince's family and Prince's church did not affect his memorial service ... according to Sinbad, who was in attendance.

The comedian was coming back to L.A. after attending the Jehovah's Witness memorial in Minnesota -- and explained how he got the coveted invite.

As TMZ reported -- Prince's family refused to take part or send his remains to the service.

Sinbad scoffed at any attempts to "one-up" other memorials, but added that there's about to be a lot of feuding over all things Prince ... even though it's the last thing he would've wanted.

When Sinead O'Connor was reported missing cops focused their search on hotels, based on her recent history with suicide attempts.

TMZ obtained police scanner audio of cops in Wilmette, IL responding to a dispatcher telling them to check the local Courtyard Marriott for the "missing suicidal subject."

It's clear in the audio cops were already aware of O'Connor's suicide attempt back in November ... in a Dublin hotel.

As we reported, police eventually found Sinead Monday afternoon, safe in a hotel.

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.