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TERESA GIUDICE’S ATTORNEY DEFENDS HER $60K SHOPPING SPREE

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Wednesday August 18, 2010

TERESA Giudice spent $60,000 during a recent shopping spree — despite filing for bankruptcy last October.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star splashed out on home furnishings and luxury items — and, according her lawyer, she was wise to do so.

“That was the money she earned as an advance for her book Skinny Italian,” attorney Jim Kridel told People magazine.

“Since she earned it after the filing, she was absolutely free to spend it.

“If she put it in the bank, they’d say, ‘Why don’t you pay your creditors,’ and the trustee might freeze the assets while he investigates whether she can spend it or not.

“Legally you are entitled to spend money you earn after a bankruptcy.

“She needed to re-buy furniture because she didn’t have any furniture in the house.

“It’s a big house and she wanted furniture consistent with her style on the show. There is nothing wrong with doing that, except that it doesn’t look good for her to be doing it.”

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Eddie P
Trash!

Andrea B.
WHO CARES WHAT THIS LADY DOES?????? GET A LIFE!!!

http://www.marykay.com/aniess ashley
Says the chick who is on here reading about her life…

Pen
It is obvious that this trash is trying to have a lifestyle that she CANNOT afford. She is a show off and a fraud. Her beach house and other homes are in foreclosure and the Escalade and Masarati have been repossessed per Court documents. Eventually she will have to move back to Paterson, NJ where she came from and live in a home that she schieves because other people have lived there. Karma is a b*tch.
lindsey S
I love love love teresa! and she is definitly not trash, so who cares if some of joes buisness adventures failed and they wanted a fresh start from everything geez, you need to leave them alone she was acustomed to living a certain life and theres no reason she should be scrutinized for spending some of her own money SHE made. I would do the same!

belle
You must be related to Snookie too!

Lisa
Not that I’m defending Teresa or anything, but clearly you are accustomed to your lifestyle, you wouldnt change the way you were raised. Teresa is the same way. But it’s completely wrong to call her trash without actually knowing her. She made millions out of her book, first of all, and she spends 60k for furniture. Good furniture for that matter. She has all right to do it. She worked hard for the money, now she’s back on track, and she’s going to live her life, starting with getting furniture for her house and family.

Cindy
The people she owes money to cares.
Cindy
The people she owes money to care.

http://yahoo Liz Greim
Unreal. She hasn’t learned a thing. And what she spent on her shopping spree could feed a small third world country for a year.
momofone
From what I know about the bankruptcy laws, doesn’t she have to pay back her creditors? $60,000 would have been a good start, right? Ok, so she needed furniture, but $60,000 worth??? If I had that kind of money and I didn’t need to pay any bills, I would either buy a small home or put a downpayment on one. She is such a bad role model for her daughters. She is sucking the life out of her husband and doesn’t even realize it. Poor guy.
belle
She is am embarrassment to society and certainly the state of New Jersey…What book? About what? Nutrition, well this woman is NOT skinny at all. Just another reason why the Garden State has unemployment bcse low lifes like that spend the taxpayers (bankruptcy) money… and then continue in a vicious cycle..Trailer park trash…

Lisa
Obviously she’s not skinny, she had a child. She was when she wrote the book. Don’t criticize others.

Kevin
Her attorney is legally required to defend her. If he has any morals, he probably vomited when he found out she did this. However as an attorney he most likely has no morals.
She is a piece of filth.
ICeeeeDead People
her book is called “The Skinny Italian” huh.
it sure isn’t an autobiography then.
if I were a “real” housewife from anywhere, I’d be outraged that any of these so called reality shows were allowed to be aired.
they’re all sluts!
Esperanza
I feel bad for her. She cannot help the fact that she is spoiled if the people dearest to her (her husband) don’t pressure to put a tight leash on her. All he does is let her spend so I would be surprised if she didn’t. I would just hope that her spending habits are not a deficit to the new found life the are trying to establish (again). Even though it is coming from book money, I hope it is not just another resource of withdrawal until it’s all gone. It is a shame though that her character is built upon materialistic things, because if everything was stripped from her I know her world would fall apart.
teresasucks
Teresa, you make me ill with all your unnecessary spending and dressing your kids like bow peep
Kate
This woman is a parasite. She got into a fight at the country club with her castmate because she was called out on the bankruptcy. She is nothing but white trash that came into some money, and didn’t / doesn’t know how to handle it. She is an embarrassment to Jersey. Not one bit different than Snooki and the gang, except they have more class.

criss
I agree she is an insult to women in NJ I have no sympathy for her as she is very self centered and NJ women donnot act at all like this!!!! She is a 10cent millionaire (wannabe ) as we here in NJ call her type . I am so appauled that people think she & snooki are NJ !!!!

Love Dopey Celebs
She is as dumb as a sack of hammers!
http://ShowbizSpy.com Merle
Teresa should have spent that $60,000 on an education (for herself!) she’s retarded. She doesn’t work, living way beyond their means, just a wannabe. She’s spending her family right to the poor house. What a sin!

jc
I agree she should have spent the money on an education, but when you say things as disrespectful as “shes retarded it makes us wonder where you recieved your education.
Michelle
Looking though all the comments….this one is the best. It made me laugh because you are right!
Taylor
Teresa does need an education…..in how to talk, manners and on money. She is cluesless on all three. Just watching her, demonstrates to me and it seems most folks out there, that she really has little class and has a complete disrepect for others. She has one mouth on her–now that a sign of a classy person. Not. Also its all about Teresa…and what she wants and when she wants it. She basically got a little money and then got discovered a ‘lifestyle.’ Problem is….they could never afford that lifestyle. Yet they continued to spend and show off. I have no pity for them at all—I hope the judge throws them both in jail for tax evasion and lying about assets. A good swift kick in the ass would help too. Its people like this who live beyond their means but then who cry about it later who I dislike. They are fake and their whole life is a fake yet they still cry when caught. On the manners issue, she is terribly rude to people both on and off the show. Once again its that attitude of importance that keeps getting in the way (less with Joe though–he just seems to let her run wild–I’d kick her in the ass and then kick her to the curb).
What I do feel sorry for is the kids. They are being brought up all wrong with a mom who’s values are out of wack. They will want, want, want too. They already seem entitled on the show and they are just children. Hopefully the apple does fall far from the tree later on.
Finally if I was $11 million dollars in debt, I would at least have a had a face lift–this woman is ugly! And she looks much older than 37 years old…….she looks bad!

Tastefull
Look at that belly buldge, the fake fat lips, fake smile, and UGLY hair. What garbasge. These women are just glory seekers wanting to be in the spotlight. What a piece of work. why dont they try going out and being part of the real working class for a year. Maybe donate some of that cash that their husbands work to get.
They should try being human once rather than a self motivated mannequin

teresasucks
Your comment is funny…How does a family that reports $80 Grand as their income get into $11M worth of debt?? That’s hard work huh!

teresasucks
Sorry, my comment was for the person below me…

http://Showbizspy Tellitlikeitis
Who cares what she does with her money? Is it any of your business? It is a show. It is her life not yours. Filth are people who refuse to work and would rather have kids with no husband and collect welfare on my paycheck. that’s filth. this woman wrote a book, landed a tv show and her husband is a business man. These people work and got their house by working. So their business ventures went sore. That’s Obama’s doing not Theresa’s. Sounds like some people here are jealous.

Z. H.
It is actually the fault of prior policy…maybe you should do some research.
Tastefull
She does not work. Let her get a real job for a year. Unfortunately parasites like her breed parasites like you. There are starving kids out there. Would she do anything to help them? Only if it got her publicity. That is all the tv show is. A bunch of hens trying to strut what they aint got just to get their face exposed. TRASH A waste of human sperm

NYC Fan
By filing bankruptcy, she is using your tax dollars. Who do you thing is going to pay the creditors? It just like welfare.

J.M.
What does Obama have to do with her bad spending and poor business management. Do some research and educate yourself before you make comments you obviously have no knowledge of.
Whocares
Well Tellitlikeitis Obama did not mess the country up Bush did. Review your info and you will know. Obama is trying to clean up the damn mess Bush lefted and it will not take a year or two to do so and nobody is jealous of Theresa bc I work for what I have and I have nice cars but I also do not live outside my means and filling bankruptcy.
thinkerbeforespeaker
I think it’s quite amusing your nickname is Tellitlikeitis. You must be talking about the warped reality you and most victims of fear mongering suffer from.. I would say you’re uninformed, but most likely you are ill informed.. or simply incapable of understanding how economic modules work.. Because of people like Teresa, and their incredibly irresponsible behavior and greed is that our economy is suffering such a downturn.. That immature mentality of more and bigger is always better.. those ridiculous attempts for grandeur.. are just sad… irresponsible, and it this case, above all they are SO TACKY!!! which is all I can think of when I hear from this woman.. She is crass and vulgar and cheap looking.. but I guess to weak minded people like “tellitlikeitis” these are things to be admired for.. which would make sense, trash attracts trash and that is that, just do yourself a favor, and don’t involve the president in such sordid affairs.. he is an intelligent person, political views aside, his intelligence is undeniable, maybe difficult to understand for people of such low intellect like yours.. I would say think before you speak, but I think that’s against your kind..

Z. H.
This attitude is what’s wrong with our country. I can’t believe some people are actually defending her. FYI – If you can’t afford to pay for it then don’t buy it…
I can’t believe people actually watch that show…I can imagine it being a complete waste of brain power.
jen
@ Kate
You said “Not one bit different than Snooki and the gang, except they have more class.”….Yeah, getting arrested for being drunk and disorderly and calling the President of the United states a liar is super classy. The fact that you watch that crap speaks volumes as to how “classy” you are.
skynyrt
Why didn’t she pay her creitors? Even if it was legal, it was not moral. She had the means to pay a debt. It looks like she was fully aware of the incoming money & filed bankruptcy to fleece her creditors.

Z. H.
True!

http://n/a Chaz
She is a loser of course. No wonder why she puts up with the verbal abuse from her husband. She is willing to sacrifices her happiness and well being for fortune….fortune she doesnt even have. What hell is wrong with this woman? She is utterly and completely STUPID!!!
ashley
I would not be surprised if bravo gets rid of her. I think with all her bad press over this is really making viewer MAD. If the network is smart they will drop her. UNLESS they’re waiting until next season and hopefully air Joe and Teresa auction, Going to court, and the finale will be them going to jail. OOOHHHH I could write the next season. That’s why they got rid of Danielle because Teresa will be the drama next season.
Seriously
Any chance she held a little something back so she could buy a forehead?
Mimi2six4
If you watch the show you can see that her husband is stressed to the max. The woman has no class, she swears like a sailor, flips a table and wants to know if she she looks classy…are you kidding, what an idiot! She is not skinny, she’s ugly with a huge forhead that is as hairy as an ape, fake as can be with a fat stomach! She is trash, you can take the person out of trash but you can’t take the trash out of the person! She tries to act like she is someone she is not, I guess we should feel sorry for her but all I feel is disgust for the ignorant sleaze bag, YUCK!

kathyb64
Run a business and have someone not pay you what they owe, then read about that same person spending 60k. No one is being mean – it’s called reality.

thinkaboutwhatyousay
People are so mean. Just hateful comments about someone they know nothing about. What does it matter what she does with her money. It is not affecting you. leave her alone. And those who choose to insult how she looks might want to look in the mirror at yourself.

dan
It’s not affecting us? Why do you think credit card interest rates are so high? We who are honest and pay are bills also have to pay for this kind of trash who leave behind millions in debt. The creditors pass their losses to us. People can be mean but stupid is much more dangerous. Don’t just think about what you say -just think before you defend thieves.
Bella
People ARE being mean. But at this point, why shouldn’t they be.The tax payers are the ones footing the bill for this. I am still at a loss how someone with a 80,000k salary gets 11 million credit. Did they use it on their business.I don’t know much about bankrupcy.Was there an investigation on if the credit was used for business purposes or personal items?
maria
YES it is affecting us, WHO do you think pays for bankruptcy? Hellllooooo.

simplygr8
This is a woman who gave birth to 4 beautiful little girls that are going to grow up expecting a man to finance their spending sprees. It’s obvious she has no clue how it feels to be a mother of teenagers because the way the 3 girls act now on the show……will be 10 times worse because hormones will be bouncing off the walls up in that house for sure.It’s obvious she is unhappy and the way to fill her up is to spend a stupid amount of $. Joe will wise up and when he does she’ll divorce him and we’ll be reading it on the internet just like we’re reading about her spending the 60 grand on furniture. HINT….$ doesn’t give you class!!!
jcrowe
I hope her retirement plan is living ina single-wide trailer on welfare for the rest of her life. And yes, I would pay (i.e. the welfare) to see that.
Some people are just too self-centered and greedy!
maria
She is Soooo ugly, inside AND out. Her kids are spoiled brats, no one can stand being around them. I do not know how she still has friends. She causes white trash trouble wherever she goes.
steve
Teresa has a camel toe in the pics below!!!!
Seriously??
Yea, what she is doing is wrong, but what do her looks have ANYTHING to do with it?! It’s idiotic when people can’t voice opinions without actually staying on the subject…. talk about no class.
allyson
So she didn’t put the funds in the bank because then she would have to pay back the creditors that she screwed over.. and due to her financial issues, she spent the money on FURNITURE as opposed to saving it or doing something smart with it? She is a great character on the show, but come on! I bet $10 she will file bankruptcy again in 5 years.
kathyb64
She will most likely have to answer to income earned since filing date. Maybe when the judge asks her why she didn’t attempt to make a payment on debts she will respond; “Because I’m too pretty to be accountable” She is a pathetic, materialistic, manipulative, backstabbing, Bioootch! And no hunny, I’m not jealous – I pay my bills, much prettier and I work for a living. This woman gives all women a bad image.
Carrie
I am disgusted by her nonchalant approach to her bankruptcy, there are plenty of American’s who are living within their means and just getting by and this woman is going out and spending money that is not hers. I hope they throw the case out of court and they have to pay back the $11 million dollars they owe. Learn to live within your means like the rest of us.
Vermont
She should be going to Rent a Center, not spending $60,000. Unbelievable!
Joe looks like his blood pressure is through the roof! She is just oblivious to his stress and valid concerns regarding spending. Proud men like to provide for their families, Joe is being humiliated on national TV.
I hope their marriage can survive this, I actually think they are a cute couple. Go figure.
Spare ME
People who are saying, “how could you talk about someone you don’t know” Shut it up. These ppl are public figures now and have their personal business plastered all over the internet & television. The reality is that alot of small business owners were affected by this economy as well as regular hard working ppl. That is not the problem because anybody can fall on hard times BUT after you file bankruptcy (this too is a harsh reality) you just don’t go spend 60K on “lavish” items that put you in that predicament to begin with and to the idiot referencing that Pres. Obama somehow is related to this story, well you are just that, an idiot.
alana
I think the atty is lying, it’s been established that that book came out before the filing, and teresa underscored this by bragging that her book came out before bethenny frankel’s book (which was published before the filing) as a way of proving that she did not steal the title of the book. so this is probably just subterfuge and it might be money from some of that ‘family’ income they supposedly get (though seeing the families on the show in Italy this past week it’s improbable that they are sending the Giudice’s 10k a month). Joe does look like he’s about to blow a gasket, because all of his shady dealings are probably about to be exposed. Both of them are looking at jail time for perjury and that is just the beginning. Filing bankruptcy when they probably DO have money to pay the judgement against them for the court case was the stupidest thing they could have done, because it exposed their affairs to public scrutiny. Personally I think she is a shopaholic or whatever…she said on the View that Joe didn’t tell her about how bad it was, so she should assume he has a habit of not telling her things, yet she still continues to spend. She’s out of control. He’s probably cheating on her big time, which is why he got caught out with the DUI.
Paula V
Im from NJ and proud of it…..These women are crazyyy. Teresa you make me vomit..What are you doing to those girls? Let them grow up themselves…or else they are going to have problems…Rethink your life…
Shekila Dupree
She needs to sit down and realize that she can’t keep up with the Jones. She need to tame her children!! She is TRASH!!!!
Stevie B
Bankruptcy should not be a “get out of debt free” card. It should just serve as a hold notice to your current…and future…creditors that its gonna take a little while longer to get paid back. Any money made after filing BELONGS to the the people you owe. Any one stupid enough to give them credit after filing is SOL (Sh*t Outta Luck).
LOLLY
TERESA IS LIKE A TRAIN WRECK..YOU DON’T WANT TO WATCH BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO WATCH IT.WHAT I DO WISH IS SOMEONE WOULD SMACK THOSE BRAT UGLY KIDS OF HERS. I LOVE CHILDREN, I HAVE THREE AND ABSOLUTLEY DO NOT KNOW WHY I FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT THOSE KIDS. BUT I CAN NOT STAND THEM. ESPECIALLY THAT MALANIA AND GOD FORBID..GIA…UGH..THEY ARE THE MOST DISGUSTING SPOILED ROTTEN RUDE KIDS I HAVE EVER SEEN. WHY TERESA THINKS THEY WILL BE MODELS? THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE SOMEONE HIT THEM IN THE FACE WITH A SHOVEL. THE WAY SHE DRESSES THEM AS TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ROYALTY MAKES ME LAUGH. WATCHING THE ITALY EPISODE LAST NIGHT..WE ALL GOT A HUGE LAUGH OUT OF THOSE STUPID OUTFITS THE KIDS HAD ON AND HOW TERESA WEARING AN EVENING GOWN PRESENTED THE BABY TO HER FAMILY. YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS AT THE COTILLION..(FAT CHANCE) HA..YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT. GET A LIFE. TERESA..YOU CAN TAKE THE GAL OUT OF THE TRAILOR PARK..BUT YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TRAILOR PARK OUT OF YOU! I WISH YOU KNEW HOW STUPID YOU ACT AND LOOK! LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS DON’T SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY NOW..OR YOU WILL END UP JUST LIKE YOU WERE BEFORE!!! IT DOES NOT GROW ON THAT PROVERBIAL TREE YOU SO STUPIDLY TALKED ABOUT!
SHOW SOME CLASS…IF YOU ARE CAPABLE… TEACH YOUR BRATS SOME MANNERS!

Cydsmom
How could you talk about children that way! If you think that they are brats ok but the other things you said are disgusting and I think that any adult who rants about children like that is TRASH!

tp
The reason this is awful, is because of all the people that are not going to get paid that did work for them, just so they could have a fresh start of spending outside their means. She is not a good person, when her spending probably effects many people that did indeed work and not get paid. Awful person!
val
I am so disgusted by her attitude. She dresses tacky and those costumes her kids were wearing was ugly. she need to stop showing off what she doesn’t have and put that money away for those ugly kids of hers. I can’t stand her. How can you owe 11 million and buy 60 thousand dollars on furniture in a house that may go into foreclosure. I hope they evict her and put her on the street with the furniture. So damn stupid. damn showoff.
http://ShowBizSpy Don Barton
She is the main reason whenever I see “Real Housewifes” come on the Marilyn Manson song “The Beautiful People” pops into my head. The song fits her to a “T”.
Mig
Shes hot no matter what her problems are
Sydney
It is so wrong to file bankruptcy then get paid and not go back and pay the people you owe. Especially, ESPECIALLY after getting paid a lot of money so soon after the bankruptcy. They should go to jail!
Theresa says,
Theresa: “Every one knows I’m nice! I’m nice right?” No your a crook and that’s not nice.
Jess
Oh get over it people…..first she filed for bankruptcy a year ago, her financial situation without so much debt has probably gotten better. By law she does have to pay the creditors back which I am sure she will. Regardless of the fact that she is a reality tv star it is no one’s business when and what she spends her money on. Thousands of people do the same thing she is doing and they don’t get any crap for it. Leave the woman alone. If people really have nothing better to do then to fault others for their indiscretions, take a look at your self. I’m sure that everyone on here as done at least one thing that another person on here would describe as either immoral, “trashy”, or disgraceful. My opinion is get over it!

dan
She is trash, caveman like creature with no forehead, a thief and a liar. That’s my opinion.

Zoe
Most of us don’t live an extravagant life style and then declare bankruptcy. Out of control medical bills account for more than half of bankruptcies. Many of the others are because people live way beyond their means.
Thirty years ago I lived in a small town near a new ski resort, which hired many local artists and craftsmen to create a class resort — then filed bankruptcy.
The millionaire resort owner survived but small family businesses went under. Everybody doesn’t get paid back. You don’t pay your bill, a small business can’t survive. One bankruptcy destroyed many lives.
On the show, Theresa is immature, narcissistic, clueless and not too bright. Spending $60K on furniture when you owe people money is disgusting.
Do you think Theresa cares about the little boutiques where she dropped thousands on dresses her daughters wore once? We’ve all done things we’re not proud of but most aren’t living a life of luxury on somebody’s back.
Jessica Vayjayjay
TERESA SHOULD BE A WAITRESS AT CAROLINE’S BROWNSTONE NEXT SEASON. AT LEAST IT WILL BE AN HONEST DAY’S WORK FOR HER. HER HUSBAND JOE IS A REALLY DUMB GAVONE AND HE IS KNOWN IN NJ FOR BEING A SCUMBAG. HE OWES BIG BIG MONEY TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.
TERESA IS EDUCATED FROM A SCHOOL THAT IS RIGHT OFF THE PARKWAY…..NOT TALKING PRINCETON U.
HER KIDS ARE A REFLECTION OF HER AND JOE…..TOO BAD.
http://yahoo.com lori r
this is not a normal housewife of new jersey i have realatives in franklin lakes and they have more money,and dont act like her we dont walk around with a drink all the time but she seems to like to drink at any time they all do she should get a job at her friends brownstone and wash floors to pay back her debt
http://yahho.net alic mc kiney
I agree with all of above this woman is pure unadulterated trash !! I feel so sorry for those poor kids. What happens when the money runs out she has filled her kids with nonsense regarding “stardom” they are not pretty or nice they are spoiled rotten maybe there is hope for the baby !!!
Mike
I think she looks like a drag queen.
Very manish.

Taylor
Come on now. Drag queens look much better.

kevin
I agree Theresa looks like she could play a part in Planet Of The Apes, she needs to have her forehead waxed.
The kids are ugly

Taylor
I agree! If I was $11 million dollars in debt, I would at least have a had a face lift–this woman is ugly! And she looks much older than 37 years old…….she looks bad! her kids are ugly little brats too. I’d run if I saw any of then coming. Scary!

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Valerie
Shame on her..she is a thief…the lumber companies she owes money to… for the house she HAS to furnish isn’t HERS…she owes all sorts of family businesses 11 million ..consider these families who built this house for her will never be paid now…it is just shameful it makes her FAR WORSE THEN DANIELLE!
CuriousGeorge?????
When I watched the “christening” episode on HWONJ, I saw Joe in his black suit drinking/toasting with a guy who looked identical to him (he had on a biege shirt.
My question to Teresa: “Does Joe have a twin brother???”
This guy looked f*@$ing identical to Joe!