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Daily Mail
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Real Housewives of New Jersey star risks new war with Teresa Giudice as she makes scathing remarks about her money problems
Teresa Giudice 's financial struggles have been brought up aimong the Real Housewives of New Jersey cast, despite the show being on pause. In March, it was reported that the Real Housewives of New Jersey star and her husband Luis 'Louie' Ruelas owed over $3 million in New Jersey state taxes. To date, Teresa, 53, has since paid off a $303,889 tax lien issued against her earlier this year, and Louie, 50, has paid off a December 2024 tax lien of $163,523. The amount in remaining taxes owed is $2,569,842, which stems from a March state tax lien filed against Louie, according to judgments seen by Daily Mail. Speaking to the Daily Mail on Tuesday at a Bella magazine event, RHONJ star Margaret Josephs, 58, shared how the cast is reacting to the 'unfortunate' news of the couple's money problems. 'I think everybody's used to unfortunate things, and no one wants anything bad. Regardless of how anybody feels about her, no one wants to see a sinking ship,' Margaret said, as she attended Bella magazine's cover party, Shorechella. Margaret is well known for her tense relationship with Teresa, and is especially close with Melissa Gorga, Teresa's estranged sister-in-law. When asked for her reaction to her costar's money issues, she insisted, 'I feel sorry for her, truthfully. No one wants that, and I hope she gets out of it. 'Truthfully, it's an unfortunate circumstance for that to happen [to] her again.' She continued: 'I mean, it sucks...I mean, what am I going to say? It sucks. I wish she would've made better choices in her partner in life, but I feel bad. 'I don't want anything bad for her. I never did.' Teresa married Louie in August 2022, almost a year after they got engaged, in an over-the-top wedding that was filmed as part of special episode. When asked if Louie has been positive for her life, Margaret responded, 'Obviously not!' 'I hope he helps get out of everything,' she added. However, she continued: 'I really don't even think about them truthfully until someone asks me. I try not to.' To date, Teresa has since paid off the $303,889 tax lien issued against her, and Louie has paid off his December 2024 tax lien of $163,523. The remaining taxes owed is $2,569,842, which is from a March state tax lien filed against Louie, according to judgments seen by Daily Mail After the news broke about Teresa and Louie's new legal problems, fans suspected that Teresa had 'learned nothing' from her previous marriage after she and her former husband Joe Giudice were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in 2014 to 41 counts of bank, mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud. Joe also admitted to not filing a tax return from 2004 through 2008. Teresa ultimately spent 11 months in federal prison before Joe spent 41 months in prison. He was then deported to Italy in 2019 - but is now living in the Bahamas. He has been begging for President Donald Trump to pardon him so he can be reunited with his four daughters - Gia, 24, Gabriella, 20, Milania, 19, and Audriana, 15 - back in the United States. The mom-of-four has yet to address her tax problems and instead shut down an interview with Chicago's WGN-9 News on June 20, as seen in a viral video. When one of the hosts asked her, 'How is it that a family doesn't pay their taxes for years?' a visibly angry Giudice said: 'Okay, I'm done now.' She then fumbled to hang up her phone, and the perplexed hosts wondered, 'She didn't like that question! Isn't that part of the show?' 'I would love to have taught her crisis PR because I'm really good at it,' Margaret remarked, while adding that Teresa 'should have answered' the question. 'I think she could have handled the interview better,' she said. 'I would have handled it differently.' The fashion designer noted that she has not been in touch with Teresa since the season 14 finale, which aired on August 4, 2024 - followed by the nontraditional reunion, in which the divided cast filmed in separate rooms. 'We ended things on a very unfortunate note,' she told the Daily Mail as she insisted that they would not be on good terms again. 'I think our ship has sailed. Again, I don't want anything bad for her and her family. I hope they move on happily, but I think our ship has sailed,' she shared. RHONJ fans are still wondering what will happen to the future of the show since the cast - or potential new cast - has not begun filming. During an interview with The View on June 3, Andy Cohen revealed that the show 'was really on a deep pause,' but said they've since been 'actively' casting and 'looking at the future of what that will be.' It's unclear at this time who, if any, will be returning for the next season or if the show is going to be rebooted. Last season followed the lives of Margaret, Teresa, Melissa, Rachel Fuda, Dolores Catania, Danielle Cabral and Jennifer Aydin along with friend of the show, Jackie Goldschneider. Margaret told Daily Mail that she has 'referred some people' to casting producers for the next season of RHONJ, but insisted 'there's no update' Margaret told Daily Mail that she has 'referred some people' to casting producers, but 'there's no update.' However, she will be attending BravoCon in November in Las Vegas along with the other confirmed RHONJ stars Teresa, Melissa and Dolores.
Daily Mail
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Teresa Giudice surfaces with husband Luis Ruelas as deported ex Joe begs Trump to reenter US
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice cut a glamorous figure when she surfaced in Southern California this week. As her deported ex-husband wages a campaign to be allowed back into America, Teresa stepped out with her new spouse Luis 'Louie' Ruelas. Louie and Teresa, who tied the knot in 2022 in a ceremony filmed for Bravo, spent Thursday night at Amara magazine's 10th anniversary summer soiree. Held at the Maya Hotel in Long Beach, the fashionable event saw Teresa making her showstopping presence felt in a plunging peekaboo dress. Her ensemble allowed her to show off her surgically enhanced cleavage and hint at her enviably trim midriff as she posed for the cameras. She proudly held up the 10th anniversary commemorative issue of the magazine, which just so happened to feature her on the cover. Meanwhile Louie posed proudly at his wife's side in a white open shirt over a matching t-shirt, teamed with black trousers and accessorized with a cross. While swanning around the fete, Teresa got in a bit of mingling with veteran actor Danny Trejo and bodybuilder Mike O'Hearn. Both men have also covered the magazine before, and could be seen holding up the issues that had their images splashed across the front. Teresa's latest sighting came after her first husband Joe Giudice argued that he has done his time after going to jail and getting deported from the U.S., asking Donald Trump for a second chance so he can reunite with his daughters. Joe, 53, was hit with a 41-month jail sentence in 2014 after being convicted of multiple counts of bankruptcy fraud and one of tax dodging. Teresa was convicted of fraud at the same time as Joe, and they served back-to-back sentences so that one parent at a time could be home with their children. After being released, Joe was deported to his native Italy in 2019 and since 2021 has been living in the Bahamas, where he is waging a legal campaign to be allowed back into the US. Amid the White House 's push to rid the U.S. of illegal migrants, the ex-Real Housewives of New Jersey star pleaded his case to the president in an Instagram post to return to the country he grew up in on Thursday. 'I'm Joe Giudice. I served my time, and I've been deported from the U.S. for nearly a decade,' he wrote. 'I was raised in Jersey, I'm a father of four amazing daughters, and I just want to be allowed to visit them again.' 'President Trump, I respect you and I'm asking for a second chance.' Giudice's former Real Housewives colleague Siggy Flicker, who Trump appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council earlier this year, commented that she's working on it. Flicker wrote: 'I'm trying. Joe should be back home with his beautiful daughters!!!!!!' Giudice's criminal conviction and subsequent deportation also ended his marriage – with ex-wife Teresa also sentenced to 11 months inside. At the time of their conviction, the Justice Department released a statement that made an example of the former couple and highlighted the risks of 'cheating the government' by failing to pay taxes. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said: 'The Giudices together deceived financial institutions with patently false loan applications; were dishonest when they sought the protection of the bankruptcy court and hid assets and income from the trustee; and Giuseppe [Joe] Giudice cheated the government by failing to pay taxes on years of significant income. 'When they pleaded guilty, both admitted swearing to statements they knew were lies. Prison is the appropriate penalty for these serious financial crimes.' Giudice said in 2023 that he still doesn't believe he did much wrong – and slammed the US for dumping him 'like a dog' in Italy. He said: 'I got thrown into a country that I knew nothing about. All right, basically, just dumped there like, like, like, I don't know, like, I guess a dog, you know what I mean. Not even a dog gets dumped like that. 'And, you know, thank God, Italy took me in and, and basically took care of me. You know, they actually treated me like a person, not like the US. 'The US treats you like garbage. I mean, they treat their own citizens like garbage. You know what? I mean, it's ridiculous the way they treat people there when you get involved in, you know, certain things like this.' An audibly angry Giudice also complained he would never have been charged with fraud in the Bahamas or Italy – and claimed murderers get treated better than fraudsters in the US. The dad-of-three continued: 'I mean, my charges don't even exist here. You know, tax things don't exist in The Bahamas. 'Tax things don't exist in, in Italy. You know what I mean, you know, you, you just don't go to jail for that stuff. You know what I mean, you get a fine, you get whatever. 'But, I mean, you don't go to jail. You don't break your you know, they don't break families up in, you know, like they do over there. 'I mean, they throw people behind bars there for years for that stuff. You know what I mean? And it's ridiculous, you know what I mean? A fine, you know, a slap on a wrist, six months. 'You know, anything you do as a first offense should be more than a fine, not 15-years, or whatever the hell they give by, you know, for certain things like this, which I've seen them all in there. 'You know what I mean? Who had 20 years. Who had 30 years. For tax things? You know what I mean? I'm not talking about, you kill somebody. 'Murderers get out before people like do tax frauds in the states. You know what I mean? First time, you should get a slap on a wrist, a fine. All right, take the money away, do whatever you gotta do. 'But, you know, to break up a family and, you know, destroy their lives over one mistake. I don't think it's fair.' Despite being furious over his jail sentence and deportation, Giudice said - as he did on Thursday - he hopes to overturn his deportation order and return to the US to be closer to his daughters: Gia, Milania, Audriana and Gabriella.
Daily Mail
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Teresa Giudice has on-air MELTDOWN when quizzed about tax bill nightmare in excruciating interview
Teresa Giudice had an on-air meltdown when she was quizzed on her tax woes during a painfully awkward interview on Friday, The Real Housewives star, 52, who along with husband Luis Ruelas was hit with millions in tax liens this year, hung up after she was asked why she 'didn't pay her taxes for years' in an incendiary moment. The interview on Chicago 's WGN News began pleasantly enough as the star was asked if she would be appearing in The Real Housewives of] New Jersey reboot, to which she responded: 'I hope. I'm the OG, yes. So we'll see what happens. You'll have to ask Bravo for that.' However, her smile soon faded as host Larry Potash quipped: 'How is it that a family doesn't pay their taxes for years?' Giudice - who served 11 months in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud in 2015 - asked who he was referring to, and when Potash responded 'your family' her reaction was swift. A visibly raging Giudice then said: 'Okay, I'm done now' before fumbling to hang up her phone. In March it was revealed that reality star Giudice and Ruelas, 49, had over $3 million in New Jersey state tax liens placed on them. Tax liens are a legal claim made on a person's assets if they fail or refuse to fully pay their taxes. If they fail to pay the amount of the judgment, the government would be able to seize their assets. According to the New Jersey Courts website, Teresa owes $303,889.20 in unpaid taxes in a judgement that was entered on March 20. Luis owes several times that amount, after a judgment saying he owes $2,569,842.06 was entered on March 6. That amount is on top of an earlier lien issued on December 12, 2024, for $163,523.94 in unpaid taxes. Teresa's former husband Joe Giudice was jailed for 41 months after he plead guilty in 2014 to 41 counts of bank, mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud. He also admitted to not filing a tax return from 2004 through 2008. However, her smile soon faded as host Larry Potash quipped: 'How is it that a family doesn't pay their taxes for years?' Giudice - who served 11 months in prison for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud in 2015 - asked who he was referring to, and when Potash responded 'your family' her reaction was swift She hung up as the baffled hosts laughed Following his sentence, Joe was forced to move to Italy ahead of deportation hearings. Teresa was ultimately sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
