RHONJ heads to PRISON
Also in Tattle: The Situation seeks a postponement, Kelly Ripa feasts on Tastykakes.
TERESA GIUDICE, one of "Real Housewives of New Jersey," was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison on conspiracy and bankruptcy charges, while her husband, Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, got it worse.
He was sentenced to 41 months.
Together they must pay $414,000 in restitution.
The judge said that Teresa will serve her sentence first so that Joe can stay home with the couple's four children.
Teresa cried as she apologized in court before her sentencing.
"I fully take responsibility for my actions. I need to learn to take responsibility for myself," she said. "I can't even explain the pain that I have gone through. I am more sorry than anybody will ever know or understand."
Joe also apologized and said he had disgraced many people.
The couple, who had pleaded guilty in March, admitting that they hid assets from bankruptcy creditors and submitted phony loan applications to get some $5 million in mortgages and construction loans, walked into Newark's federal court holding hands, but once inside, U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas slammed them for not disclosing all their assets in a presentencing report. She said they didn't include all the recreational vehicles they own.
The judge did give Joe credit for helping people rebuild after Superstorm Sandy and other storms. As Joe is an Italian citizen, he could be deported after his prison term is completed. His attorney has said that Joe came to the U.S. as an infant and didn't know he wasn't an American citizen.
* Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino should read the above story.
According to TMZ.com, this knucklehead asked a judge to postpone his arraignment on his federal tax-fraud case because it conflicts with his shooting schedule for the reality TV show "Marriage Boot Camp."
The Situation is supposed to be in a New Jersey courtroom on Oct. 6, but he and his fiance are signed to shoot the reality show in L.A. for two weeks starting the 5th.
Kellykake
It was Kelly Ripa's birthday yesterday on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael," and co-host Michael Strahan and the show presented her with a cake made entirely of one of her childhood faves: Tastykakes!
The cake came from Bredenbeck's Bakery in Chestnut Hill.
- Daily News wire services
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