{"id":27760,"date":"2014-10-03T19:46:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T11:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27760"},"modified":"2025-01-19T02:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T07:37:15","slug":"real-housewives-couple-get-prison-for-fraud-15-months-for-teresa-giudice-41-months-for-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/03\/real-housewives-couple-get-prison-for-fraud-15-months-for-teresa-giudice-41-months-for-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Real Housewives\u2019 couple get prison for fraud: 15 months for Teresa Giudice, 41 months for Joe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Caroline Manzo, Dina Manzo and Teresa Giudice. s_bukley \/ Shutterstock.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEWARK, N.J.\u2014The married stars of the \u201cReal Housewives of New Jersey\u201d are trading the drama of reality TV for prison.<\/p>\n

Teresa Giudice was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to 15 months in prison on conspiracy and bankruptcy fraud charges while her husband, Giuseppe \u201cJoe\u201d Giudice, was sentenced to 41 months by a judge who castigated them for failing to disclose all their assets yet gave both a measure of leniency.<\/p>\n

In a nod to the couple\u2019s four young daughters, Judge Esther Salas staggered the sentences so that Teresa Giudice will serve her sentence first. Teresa Giudice is scheduled to report to prison in early January.<\/p>\n

Teresa Giudice, 42, cried as she apologized in court before her sentencing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fully take responsibility for my actions. I need to learn to take responsibility for myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI can\u2019t even explain the pain that I have gone through. I am more sorry than anybody will ever know or understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Giudice also apologized and said he had disgraced many people. He faces an immigration hearing when he completes his sentence and likely will be deported. His attorney has said Giudice came to the U.<\/p>\n

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S. as an infant and didn\u2019t know he wasn\u2019t an American citizen until he was an adult.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for NBCUniversal, which owns Bravo, the channel that airs \u201cReal Housewives,\u201d said Thursday that the network wasn\u2019t commenting on the Giudices\u2019 position with the show.<\/p>\n

The network said the couple will appear together on \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d on Monday night for their first postsentencing interview.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s sentencing drew a mob of media, with an overflow courtroom to accommodate spectators. At several junctures, the judge criticized the couple for omitting numerous assets from a presentencing report, including ATVs and other vehicles and jewelry.<\/p>\n

During Teresa Giudice\u2019s sentencing, Salas said she had even considered giving her probation combined with home confinement and community service but changed her mind because of the omissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a savvy businesswoman.<\/p>\n

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You know how to brand yourself,\u201d she said. \u201cYou tell me you didn\u2019t understand you had to co-operate? It defies logic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Romankow called the omissions \u201cthe same pattern of obstruction, concealment and manipulation as they showed in the bankruptcy case.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple had pleaded guilty in March, admitting they hid assets from bankruptcy creditors and submitted phoney loan applications to get some $5 million in mortgages and construction loans. Joe Giudice also pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes totalling more than $200,000.<\/p>\n

Despite the admonitions, the judge gave Teresa Giudice a sentence below the agreed-upon range in her plea agreement, 21 to 27 months. She cited \u201csignificant mitigating circumstances\u201d including the Giudices\u2019 four daughters, Teresa Giudice\u2019s aging parents and the fact that she had a lesser role in the conspiracy than her husband.<\/p>\n

The judge sentenced Joe Giudice in the middle of the sentencing range contained in his plea agreement, 37 to 46 months. She chastised him for not being forthcoming about the couple\u2019s assets but noted his \u201cgiving heart\u201d for charitable works such as rebuilding a woman\u2019s home for free after Tropical Storm Irene and helping numerous others after Superstorm Sandy.<\/p>\n

Together, the couple also must pay $414,000 in restitution.<\/p>\n

U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said that he was satisfied with the sentences and that the Giudices\u2019 celebrity status didn\u2019t sway the investigation in any direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe prosecute a lot of white-collar crime,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fact that she\u2019s a celebrity played no role in what her punishment was.<\/p>\n

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But we do believe that when people like Teresa Giudice and Giuseppe Giudice are investigated, prosecuted and sentenced for these types of crimes that it does send a message to everyone who\u2019s watching.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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