Overview

• Speaking on The Viall Files on September 24, the Real Housewives star said she remains connected to three women she met while incarcerated.
• Giudice noted she recently had lunch with two former fellow inmates and said she mostly kept to herself during her sentence.
• She recalled that most people were kind to her, though a few gave her dirty looks, and she emphasized she does not want the experience to define her.
• Giudice served 11 months of a 15-month federal sentence at FCI Danbury after pleading guilty to multiple fraud charges, and she was released in December 2015.
• Separately, Joe Giudice was deported to Italy in 2019 and asked President Trump for a pardon in June 2025; Teresa signaled support on Instagram and no decision has been announced.