'Real Cellmates?' Housewives' Stars to Spend Years in Prison for Fraud

After pleading guilty to bankruptcy, mail and wire fraud charges, Joe Giudice has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and his wife, Teresa, received 15 months for her role in the crimes.

The Giudices, stars of Bravo’s reality show “Real Housewives of New Jersey” and residents of Montville, declared bankruptcy in 2009, according to nj.com, after Joe Giudice’s real estate ventures amassed loads of debt and the couple was unable to pay it back.

Teresa Giudice will serve her 15-month stint in federal prison before her husband’s, after a judge granted leniency so one of the parents could be home with their four children, the report said.

According to 7online.com, the couple will also have to pay $414,588.90 in restitution.

“Real Housewives” entered its sixth season on air in August, but the couple listed their mansion for $3.9 million in September.

Despite living in the United States all but the first year of his life, Joe Giudice is not a legal citizen, and still faces the potential of deportation, the report said. If that judgment were to occur, it wouldn’t happen until after his sentence is fulfilled, the report said.

Joe Giudice stood before the court and told the judge he was humiliated and that he disgraced “many people,” the report said. Judge Esther Salas criticized the couple for their erroneous reporting of finances and said the inconsistencies in the documentations made it hard for her to be lenient in the sentencing.