{"id":4888,"date":"2026-08-04T19:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:08:05","slug":"real-housewives-star-teresa-giudice-opens-up-i-never-in-a-million-years-thought-i-would-go-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4888","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Real Housewives\u2019 Star Teresa Giudice Opens Up: \u201cI Never in a Million Years Thought I Would Go to Prison\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nTeresa Giudice will open up about her and ex-husband Joe Giudice\u2019s fraud investigation and her 2015 incarceration during the new season of Bravo\u2018s <em>The\u00a0Real Housewives\u00a0Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/em>, she revealed in conversation with <em>The Hollywood Reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4886\">\u2018Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story\u2019 Unveils First Look, Sets Netflix Release Date<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile sitting down with her <em>Ultimate<\/em> <em>Girls Trip<\/em> castmates for <em>THR<\/em>\u2018s cover story on the 20-year anniversary of the <em>Real Housewives<\/em> franchise, Giudice explained why she opted to continue filming <em>The Real Housewives of New Jersey <\/em>more than a decade ago when she and then-husband Joe were under investigation for a multi-year financial fraud scheme that ultimately sent Teresa to federal prison for 11 months and deported Joe after his 41-month sentence.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019m always a mom first. I always want to protect my children over anything,\u201d the iconic Housewife and mother of four daughters explained to <em>THR<\/em> editor-in-chief Maer Roshan in the interview published Tuesday. \u201cAt first I was like, \u2018Let\u2019s do this,\u2019 because I really didn\u2019t understand what my ex-husband had done. I wanted to go to trial and fight it and go through whatever we had to do. I was like, \u2018I guess because I\u2019m on TV, let\u2019s just go through the process.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tShe continued, \u201cI really never in a million years thought I would go to jail. If you said to me, \u2018I\u2019ll give you $40 million right now, are you going to go to jail?\u2019 I\u2019d be like, \u2018No, absolutely not.\u2019 I thought I just had to go through the process and then everything would be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSeason six of <em>RHONJ<\/em>, which aired in 2014, captured up-close-and-personal the legal timeline and fallout for the Giudice family following their July 2013 federal indictment for bankruptcy, mail, wire and bank fraud. The Giudices entered their plea deal in March 2014 and filming paused while Teresa served her sentence. The cameras picked back up on the morning of her release to start off season seven. Joe was deported to Italy after his sentence, leaving the country in 2019, and that played out on season 10. Teresa and Joe then divorced in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cBeing a celebrity made me go to jail. They made an example,\u201d Giudice told <em>THR<\/em>. \u201cI know I didn\u2019t do anything. I know I wasn\u2019t a criminal. I went to a closing. That\u2019s all I did. I went to a refinance for a home for a closing. That\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tShe continued, \u201cI went to a closing. I put my John Hancock on that dotted line, and I went to jail because of that. That\u2019s the reason why. My story will never change. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4884\">\u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019 Hits $1 Billion Globally With Second-Fastest Pace Ever<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cListen, New Jersey\u2019s a small town, meaning everybody knows everybody,\u201d she said. \u201cEveryone knew I had nothing to do with my husband\u2019s business, nothing at all. I was a housewife. I stayed home, watched the kids. I cooked. I did laundry. I was a real housewife. It had nothing to do with my husband\u2019s finances. And that\u2019s why I thought it was a joke. I was like, \u2018Because I\u2019m on TV, I have to go through this.\u2019 But I was like, \u2018I\u2019m not going to go to jail. I didn\u2019t do anything.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGiudice said she goes into detail about this time period on <em>Ultimate Girls Trip<\/em> with her fellow <em>Housewives<\/em> stars, which includes the cross-city legacy cast of Kyle Richards, Vicki Gunvalson, Luann de Lesseps, Porsha Williams, Gizelle Bryant and Lisa Barlow. The nine-episode milestone season launches\u00a0this Sunday (with a supersized episode at 9 p.m.; streaming next day on Peacock).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTeresa Giudice has since remarried Luis \u201cLouie\u201d Ruelas and will return for season 15 of <em>RHONJ<\/em>, which is currently in production after a two-year hiatus and Giudice-Gorga family strife. Also during her conversation with <em>THR<\/em>, Giudice confirmed she and her estranged sister-in-law\/co-star Melissa Gorga have reconciled; they\u2019re both returning for season 15. Giudice has starred on\u00a0<em>RHONJ<\/em>\u00a0since the start of its 14-season run.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI would never want to be on a TV show with my family, but it happened. We fought on the show for a while,\u201d Giudice said, also about her brother co-star Joe Gorga. \u201cA lot of people could relate to what they were seeing me go through. But now I\u2019m so happy to say that we have made up. I\u2019m happy about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>The\u00a0Real Housewives\u00a0Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/em> celebrates 20 years of the iconic\u00a0<em>Real Housewives<\/em>\u00a0franchise by gathering the seven established stars to lead the latest season of the girls trip-inspired series. 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