Teresa Giudice To Be Released From Danbury Prison

By DANIEL HUBBARD (Patch Staff)

Teresa Giudice will be released from prison Dec. 23 and she’ll be spending some of her first hours as a free woman with her brother and sister in law, Joe and Melissa Gorga, Usmagazine reported.

The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 43, is wrapping up the final days of her sentence at the Danbury Federal Correctional Facility on fraud charges, Us reported.

Giudice and Gorga have had their differences. Gorga accused Giudice of making it appear Gorga was a stripper. Joe Gorga claimed in a text message following the incident that Giudice was “dead to him.”

Us reported that the ladies have patched things up and are happy to see each other.

“They’re on really great terms right now,” a source told the magazine.

Giudice began her 15-month sentence Jan. 5 after she and her husband Joe plead guilty to bank and wire fraud charges. She was slated to be released Feb. 5, but even that early release date was moved up. She will also serve two months of house arrest following her release. She’ll have to wear an ankle bracelet and may only leave her house with permission from the Bureau of Prisons.

Giudice will reportedly earn $1 million for starring in ”The Real Housewives of New Jersey” seventh season.

Joe Giudice is scheduled to begin his 41-month prison sentence in March, according to multiple reports.