--- description: Teresa Giudice was found guilty of fraud title: Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Teresa Giudice Sentenced for Fraud image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt917e227c044ad07b/6986a6b5cd68485d9a096cd5/452537370.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Real Housewives of New Jersey_ Star Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 2, 2014 9:29 PM CUT  Tevevision Personality Teresa Giudice attends the White Party hosted by Dina Manzo and Teresa Giudice at Woodbury Country Club on July 21, 2014 in Woodbury, New York. Tevevision Personality Teresa Giudice attends the White Party hosted by Dina Manzo and Teresa Giudice at Woodbury Country Club on July 21, 2014 in Woodbury, New York.Mike Pont—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 2, 2014 9:29 PM CUT Teresa Giudice, star of _Real Housewives of New Jersey_ was [sentenced](http://www.thewrap.com/joe-giudice-sentenced-to-41-months-in-fraud-case/ "undefined") Thursday to 15 months in prison. She and her husband Joe Giudice, who was also sentenced, pled not guilty to 39 counts that included bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. Giudice asked the judge for no jail time. She stated in court that she is nothing like the intemperate character viewers see on the _Bravo_ reality TV show, calling it “little more than a carefully crafted fiction, engineered by Bravo TV through scripted lines and clever editing,” [TMZ reports](http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/02/teresa-giudice-sentencing-prison-time-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/ "undefined"). Joe Giudice was also sentenced to 41 months in prison and order to pay $414,588 in restitution. He will also be placed under supervision for two years after prison. Giudice had argued that her four children would be left alone were both she and her husband imprisoned, but the judge allowed their sentences to be carried out consecutively so that their children would be looked after. \[[_TheWrap.com_](http://www.thewrap.com/joe-giudice-sentenced-to-41-months-in-fraud-case/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3457194/teresa-giudice-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-jailed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3457194/teresa-giudice-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-jailed/"},"headline":"Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison","datePublished":"2014-10-02T21:29:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:33:27.595Z","description":"Teresa Giudice was found guilty of fraud","url":"https://time.com/3457194/teresa-giudice-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-jailed/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt917e227c044ad07b/6986a6b5cd68485d9a096cd5/452537370.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt917e227c044ad07b/6986a6b5cd68485d9a096cd5/452537370.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White Party Hosted By Dina Manzo And Teresa Giudice","caption":"White Party Hosted By Dina Manzo And Teresa Giudice","creditText":"Mike Pont—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3457194/teresa-giudice-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-jailed/","name":"Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison"}}]}] ```