Teresa Giudice (born May 18, 1972) is a reality television cast-member and fitness competitor, best known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Besides appearing on the show, Giudice has written multiple New York Times bestseller cookbooks and was featured on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (2012).
On December 23, 2015, she was released from federal prison after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud, while her husband and four daughters resided in the Towaco section of Montville, New Jersey. She is known for her extravagant lifestyle and highly publicized financial and legal troubles leading up to her prison sentence.
Her husband, born Giuseppe but called Joe, began his 41-month sentence on March 23, 2016
Teresa Giudice (Gorga; born May 18, 1972) is a reality television cast-member and fitness competitor, best known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Besides appearing on the show, Giudice has written multiple New York Times bestseller cookbooks and was featured on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (2012).
Teresa Giudice Shares Advice for Todd and Julie Chrisley Ahead of Their Prison Sentences: ‘Stand Strong’
usmagazine.comReal advice! Teresa Giudice offered words of wisdom to Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley as they prepare to begin their respective prison sentences for fraud.While speaking with a TMZ photographer at LAX on Tuesday, December 20, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 50, advised Todd, 53, and Julie, 49, to “stand strong for their family and manifest while being in prison what they want when they come out … and just to be strong for their children.”The Bravolebrity served an 11-month prison sentence for fraud herself in 2015.
Her ex-husband, Joe Giudice, served 41 months.“It’s going to be very hard but they have to make the best of it … they have to stay connected to their children and make it work,” the New Jersey native said of the Chrisley Knows Best stars, who were first charged with several counts of bank and wire fraud in August 2019.
After pleading not guilty during their trial — which began in May — Todd and Julie were sentenced last month to 12 and seven years in prison, respectively.
The duo will have to serve 16 months of probation as well.Teresa, for her part, added that having her children visit her in prison “every week” helped her family get through the difficult period.
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