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'Real Housewives' Star Teresa Giudice Getting Out Of Jail

One of New Jersey's infamous "Real Housewives" is set to be freed from prison just in time for Christmas.

One of New Jersey’s infamous “Real Housewives” is set to be freed from prison just in time for Christmas.

Teresa Giudice is scheduled to be released Wednesday from the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Connecticut, her lawyer told NBC.

She will then head home to her husband, Joe, and their four daughters in Montville, where she will be on home confinement until Feb. 5, according to media report.

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The attorney, James Leonard Jr., said his client is upbeat and looking forward to coming home when he drives Giudice home from prison.

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 that early release date was moved up.

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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, according to radaronline.

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

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