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About
Italian American reality TV personality, contractor, entrepreneur, and criminal known for appearing on The Real Housewives of New Jersey alongside his former wife Teresa Giudice.
Before fame
He worked as a contractor and small business owner running construction and restaurant ventures in New Jersey such as Giuseppe's Homestyle Pizzeria before he became known for reality television. He became widely known when RHONJ premiered in 2009. He appeared in the series for more than a decade as one of the show's original Housewives' husbands. He relocated to The Bahamas in 2021 to be closer to his four daughters.
Trivia
He has been driving and working on boats since he was 17 years old which inspired his yacht charter business in The Bahamas. He and Teresa Giudice pleaded guilty to fraud charges in 2014, and he was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and began his sentence in 2016. He was deported to Italy after completing his sentence in 2019 because he had never become a U.S. citizen despite living in America since childhood.
Family life
He was born Giuseppe Giudice in Saronno, Italy, and moved to Paterson, New Jersey as a child. He grew up in an Italian immigrant family. He attended school with his future wife Teresa Giudice, and the two later reconnected and married in 1999. They have four daughters together named Gia Giudice, Gabriella Giudice, Milania Giudice, and Audriana Giudice.
Associated with
He has appeared on The Real Housewives of New Jersey with Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga.
