Ah, New Jersey. The place where, according to the Bravo Housewives, we can do anything we want. We can pull out extensions; we can make up new words entirely. (Last night’s classic? “Ethininicity.” This, from the woman who always says “woman”, no matter how many females she’s talking about at once.)
(Also a personal fave: “cleaviledge“.)
Soooo.. for those of you playing along at home: Teresa Giudice is the Housewife who spent the first season building a multi-million dollar mansion .. which most fans will agree is the ugliest home they’ve ever laid eyes on. It has giant wings on it, for pete’s sake. Well, as it turns out, the Giudices only claim an annual income of $69K a year or something else ridiculous. And apparently have major champagne tastes on a beer budget.
So they filed for bankruptcy. Okay, well, this IS the economy we live in now. It’s not unheard of, right?
Weeeeelll.. another thing is that the Giudices apparently didn’t disclose a large portion of their income when they filed. The US Bankruptcy Courts tend to look unfavorably on that.
(It doesn’t help us armchair judges that we see her spending INSANE amounts of money every week. Last night, she admitted to having a dress custom-made for each of her four daughters. As they were hosting a getaway to Naples, Italy.)
The Giudices were asked to return to court again to try and settle the “Surprise!” income issue, and when they returned, it was leaked out that mere days after filing for bankruptcy, Teresa went and spent .. are you sitting down? .. $60,000. SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. On FURNISHINGS. Like, curtains and mirrors and stuff.
And as the judge put it, “These were not Ikea items.”
I’m no Harvey Levin, but I imagine it will be a long road to leniency at this rate.
