While Joe Giudice Gets 41 Months In Jail, The Wife Teresa Giudice Goes For 15 Months In Prison

Just as we posted some hours before about Joe's prison sentence! Well, it is also anothernews break  that Teresa was given fifteen months behind bars. We're just as surprised as she probably was.
Teresa will begin serving the sentence January 5, and though she begged the judge for house arrest, her request was not granted. Teresa pointed out that she needed to be there for her four young daughters, but the judge explained that if the couple served their sentences one after the other, the kids wouldn't be without parents at any point in time.

Joe was also sentenced to 12 months on an additional count, to be served concurrently, and he will have to pay $414,000 in restitution to Wells Fargo bank, plus $10,000 in fines.

U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas started off the hearing by scolding the reality TV stars for their bad judgement. "They had an obligation to be transparent and candid and open with the court, and I don't think I got that," Salas said before the court, according to NJ.com. "I want to understand the disconnect."

In July of 2013 the couple were charged in a 39-count indictment, including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications, and bankruptcy fraud. They initially pleaded not guilty to all charges, but back in March they changed their minds. Teresa ended up pleading guilty to four counts of fraud while Joe took the fall for five.

Prior to his sentencing, Joe read a letter to the courtroom saying, "I stand here humiliated before the court and my family and society. I disgraced many people, including my wife and four daughters. I take full responsibility for my actions. I promise to be a better person."