Teresa Giudice, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star, openly discusses the federal fraud case that resulted in her prison stay for 11 months in 2015. Along with this, she revealed why she continued shooting for the show for over a decade when she and her then-husband Joe Giudice were going through an investigation in connection with the multi-year fraud scheme.
Teresa Giudice discusses the federal fraud case that resulted in her prison stay
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on the 20th anniversary of the Real Housewives franchise, Teresa Giudice said, “I really never in a million years thought I would go to jail.” She continued, “If you said to me, ‘I’ll give you $40 million right now, are you going to go to jail?’ I’d be like, ‘No, absolutely not.’ I thought I just had to go through the process and then everything would be fine.”
Looking back, the reality star said she initially believed the charges against her weren’t serious. “I thought it was a joke,” Teresa recalled. She believed she had done nothing wrong because she wasn’t involved in her husband’s business dealings. According to her, she simply signed paperwork during property closings, trusting the professionals handling the transactions. She said she genuinely believed everything was legitimate and never expected those signatures to become part of a federal fraud case.
“I know I didn’t do anything. I know I wasn’t a criminal. I went to a closing. That’s all I did. I went to a refinance for a home for a closing. That’s what I did.”, said the mother of four.
The legal battle had lasting consequences for the Giudice family. Joe completed his prison term before being deported to Italy in 2019 because he was not a U.S. citizen. The couple later divorced in 2020 after two decades of marriage.
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