Teresa Giudice Malpractice Suit: Kridel’s Motion To Dismiss

8/17/2019 Teresa Giudice Malpractice Suit: Kridel’s Motion To Dismiss

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POINT :

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CHALLENGE HER

CRIMINAL

CONVICTION

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CLAIM

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STATEMENT

Or

?.ACTS

Plaintiff

asserts that Mr.

Kridel

corrulutted

professional

malpractice

throughout

the

pendency

of laintiffs

bankniptcy

case.

See

Complaint,

Exl~ibat A,

Certification in

Support

of

Motion to

Dismiss of

arl

M.

erri,

dated

August _,

2015

Perri

Cert. ).

She

asserts

llu~ee

(3)

causes of

action:

1)

Negligence

-Legal

Malpractice;

2)

Breach

of

Conta~act;

and

3)

Breach of

Fiduciary

Duty.

Id.

at pp.

47,

0,and

51.

Plai~itifFresides in

Township

of

ontville,

County

of

orris, State

of

New

ersey.

Icl.

at

¶

3.

Mx.

ridel

is

licensed to

practice

law

in

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State

of

New

Jersey

and

maintains

an

office in

Clifton,

New

ersey.

Id. at

¶

4.

PIaintiff was

married

to

non-party Mr.

Uiuseppe

Giudice

Mr.

Giudice

or

Plaintiff's

Husband }. Id.

at ~[

40.

Plaintiff's

Husba~~d

met

with

Mr.

Knidel

conceniing

fili~lg

a

bankruptcy

case. Id.

at ¶

1.

Plaintiff and

Plaintiffs

Husband

retained

Mr.

Kridel

to

file

a

joint

barik~

uptcy case

for

them. Id. at ¶

2.

On

October

29,

2009,

Mr.

Kridel

filed a

joint

Chapter

7

bankruptcy

case.

on

behalf

of

Plaintiff and

Plaintiff's

Husband iri

the

United

States

Bankruptcy

Court

for

the

District

of

New Jersey. Id.

at

¶¶

lU,

64;

see

also

Bankruptcy

Docket

Sheet,

E~ibit

B

erri Cert.

On

October 29, 2009,

Mr.

Kridel

filed

a

Chapter'

7

Voluntary

Petition

for

Plaintiff and

Plaintiff's

Husband.

See

Bankruptcy

Docket

Sheet,

Exhibit C,

erri

Cert.

Mr.

Kridel

filed

Amended

Schedules and

an

Amended

Statement

of

inancial

Affairs.

See ~

8, xhibit

A, etri

Cert.

On

December

23,

2009,

laintiff testified

at a

Federal Rule

of

Bankruptcy

Procedure

341

meeting

of he

creditors. Id.

at

¶ 62.

On

pril 23,

2010,

laintiff

testifiui

at

an

examination

pursua~it

fo

Federa]

Rule

of

ankruptcy

Procedure

2004.

Id.

at

¶

2.

On June 30,

2010;

he

Chapter

7

rustee

filed

a

complaint

Sy~n~ilolc

v.

Giudice,

Adv.

ro.

No.

0-

01845(MS})

objecting

to

Plaintiff

and

Plaintiff's

Husband's discharge.

Yd.

at ¶

178.

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he

United

States

Trustee

filed

a

complaint

objecting

to

Plaintiffs

discharge.

Irl. at

¶

194.

On

June

7_9,2011,

laintiff

was exatnined

by

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Office

of

he U~iited

States

Trustee.

Id.

at ¶

238.

On

December 15,20I

1,

a

Consent

Order

was

entered in that

proceeding

in

which

Plaintiff

waived

her discharge. Id.

at

255.

On

December

19, 2011, a

Consent

Judgment was

eiltei•ed

in

the Chapter

7

rustee s

adversary

proceeding

in which

Plaintiff

waived

her

discharge.

Id.

at

¶

57. The Bankruptcy

Case remained

open until it was closed

in September

2014.

Id. at ¶

298.

On

July 29,

2013,

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States

of America

filed

a

federal

criminal

case

agauist

Plaintiff and

Plaintiff s

husband

in the United

States

District

Court

for tl~e

Distzict

of

New

Jersey,

titled United

States

of

(~nerica

v.

Giudice

et al,

Case

No.

2:13-cr-00495-ES

(the

Criminal Case ).

Icl.

at ¶

67,

see

also,

Criminal

Case

Docket Sheet

Exhibit

D

erri Cert.

On

November

18,

2Q13,

a

First

Superseding

Indictment

was

filed

by

the

United

States

Attoniey

for

the

District

ofNew

ersey,

charging

Plaintiff

with

~l~irty tlu

ee 33)

crimes. d.

at ¶

68;

ee

also,

First

Superseding

T~idictment,

Exhibit

E, erri

Cert.

On

March

4,

2014,

a

plea hearing

was

held before United

States District

Court Judge

Esther Salas,

at

which

Plaintiff was

represented

by

Henry

E.

Klingeinan, Esq.

her

criminal

attorney.

Plaintiff pied guilty

to four {4)

counts

set

forth

in

the

first

Superseding

Indictment,

including

three

(3}bankruptcy

crimes.

See

Exhibit

A

t¶

96;see

also, Transcri pt

of

earing

of

March

4,

2013,

exhibit

F,

erri

Cert.

Plaintiff

testified

as

to

her

crimes

at the

hearing

on

May

,

2014

before

Judge Salas

as

follows:

Q.

Same to

you,

Mrs.

Giudice.

Mr.

Kliageman

has

been

representing

you

tlu~oughout

the course of

his

case, right?

MR5_

GNDICB:

es,

your

Honor.

Q.

He

has had

an opportunity

to

go

over

the

superseding

indictment,

the

case

against

you,

ossible

defenses,.

go

over discovery

as

well

with

you?

MRS.

GNDICI::

es,

your Honor.

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Q.

H

e ha

s a

nsw

ere

d an

y

and

all

of

y

our

que

sti

ons

re

gar

ding

tl~e

case

in

ge

ner

al?

MR

S GIU

DIC

E:

e

s, yo

ur

Hon

or.

Q

.

as

he

tal

ked

abo

ut p

ossi

ble

de

fens

es

t

hat

you

mi

ght

ha

ve?

MR

S

Tt

JDI

CE:

Y

es,

you

r

IIo

no r.

Q.

Oka

y.

An

d

ov

eral

l

ar

e

you

sat

isf

d

wit

h

th

e r

epre

sen

tati

on t

hat yo

u

h

ave

received

from

Mr.

Klin

gei

nan?

MR

S G

ND

IC

E:

es

, y

our

H

ono

r.

Q

.

No

w w

e re

goi

ng

to

talk

abou

t w

hat

you

gi

ve

up

b

y pl

ead

ing

g

uilt

y.

D

o

you

un

der

stan

d

that

y

ou

ha

ve

a

n

ab s

olut

e

ri

ght

t

o p

lead

not

gui

lty

to

t

he

su

pers

edi

ng

in

dic

tmen

t.

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rid

I

ha

ve

ask

ed

co

uns

el

t

o

mak

e

s

ur e

t

hat

we,

we

are

goi

ng to

be

goi

ng ov

er

the

sup

erse

din

g in

dict

men

t w

e

r

e

go

ing

t

o

be

rev

iew

ing

th

e

ple

a

mem

os.

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e g

oing

to

al

so

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re

vie

win

g the

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1

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fo

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as

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men

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d

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o

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our

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ents

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l.

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et s

star

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wit

h

whe

the

r

y

ou

und

ers

tand

th

at yo

u

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ve a

rig

ht

to

plea

d not

g

uilt

y to

the

of

fe n

se

off

en se

s

ag

ain

st

you,

Mr.

i

udi

ce?

M

R

IU

DIC

E:

do

, y

our Ho

nor

.

MR

S

G

ND

ICE

:

do

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our

Ho

nor

.

Q f

you

pe

rsis

ted w

ith

a not

gui

lty

plea

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ou

w

oul

d hav

e

th

e rig

ht

to

a

tr

ial

by

jur

y

and

duri

ng

th

e

t

rial

y

ou

~t~

ould

also

hav

e

t

he

ri

ght

to

the

as

sis

tanc

e

o

f

ou

nse

l.

Do

you

un

der

stan

d

th

at

si

r?

M

R

T

JD

ICE

:

Yes

, d

o.

MRS

IC

TDT

CE:

Y

es.

S

ee

er•

r-i

Cert

at

E

xhib

it

F

t pp.

6-8

.

Q.

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yo

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furt

her ~

ande

rsta

iid t

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by

wa

ivi

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fi

at

pl

ea

of

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guil

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erin

g

a ple

a

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th

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will

b

e no

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ial.

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to

day

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no

t

tom

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ow

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e

ver

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D

o

you

und

ers

tand

that

?

MR

IUDICE:

do, your

Honor.

MR

S

IUD

ICE

:

e

s,

you

r Hon

or.

Q

You

w

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h

ave

waiv

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n

u

p

you

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ri

ght

to t

rial as

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ciat

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rial tha

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ve

ust de

scri

bed

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rst

and

th

at?

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UD

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:

d

o.

MR

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IUD

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:

e

s, yo

ur

Hon

or.

S

ee

Pef

•~-

i C

ert

at

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ibi

t

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t

p

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.

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tha

t

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ou

ar

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hol

din

g that

agr

eem

ent

,

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s go

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hea

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t

urn

to

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gnat

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pag

e

of the

ag

ree

ment

.

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age

9

.

M

r.

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iud

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,

ab

ove

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ur

nam

e,

s

th

at

y

our

si

gnat

ure

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her

e?

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IUDICE:

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your

Honor.

Q.

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s

ays

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u

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gne

d

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on

F

ebru

ary

26.

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hat

coc~

rect

sir?

MR

I

UDI

CE

:

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yo

ur

Ho

nor

.

Q

And

Mrs

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G

iud

ice,

t

s

ays

th

at ab

ove

you

r na

me

s

th

at your

s

igna

tur

e?

MR

S

G

TUD

IC

E:

es,

your

Ho

nor

.

Q

.

And

yo

u

al

so

si

gne

d it

on

F

ebr

uary

26,

s

that

acc

urat

e?

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MRS

IUDICE:

Yes,

your Honar.

Q.

Befare

you

signed that

plea

agreement

did

each

of you

read

the

plea

agreement,

rom

the

if

very irst

page to

the

very

last

page of hat

agreement?

MK IUDICI,:

Yes,

your Honor.

MRS

IUDICE:

Yes,

your

Honor.

Q. And

did

you go

over

the

agreement with

your attorneys?

MR

IUDICE:

es,

your

Honor.

MRS

iUI710E:

Yes,

your

Honor.

Q.

Did they

answer

any

and

all

of your

questions

regarding

that

agreement?

Mr.

Giudice?

MR

IUDICE:

es,

your

Honor.

MKS IUDICE:

Yes,

your

Honor.

Q.

id

they go over

certain

teens

and

conditions

of

he

agreement?

MR

IUDICE:

es,

your

Honor.

MRS IUDICE:

Yes,

your

Honor.

Q.And

you

understood

aid

you

were

satisfied with the

advice

they

provided

you?

MR

IUDICE:

es,

your Honor.

MRS

TUDICE:

es,

your Honor.

THE

OURT :

Cowisel,

id

yoU

witness

your

clients

signahlres?

MR

EINSTEIN:

Yes,

your Honor.

MR

LINGEMAN:

es.

See

Perri Cert. at

E~ibit

F

t pp.

12-14.

Q.

All

right.

So

what I

am

now going to

do is

I

am going

to

ask the

assistant

United

States .11ttoiney,

Mr.

Romanko~v,

o

summarize

your

plea

agreement.

You

may

be

seated during

the

summary. But

what

I

want

to

do

is

make

sure

that

you

continue

to listen very

carefully

because

when Mr.

Romankow

is

done

summarizing

your

plea

agreement

I

have a

number of

uestions for

each

of

you.

Okay.

You may ll be

seated.

MR

ROMANKOW

hank

you, your

Honor.

*~*

MR

ROMANKOW

ith regard to

Teresa

Giudice,

plea

agreement, t

is

dated

February

21,

2014.

It

sets

forth

that

the

defendant,

Teresa

Giudice,

wil] plead

guilty

to

counts 1, 15,

23,

and

36

of

the

superseding indictment

which

charge

respectively

conspiracy

to

commit male

[sic] and

wire

fraud,

concealment

of

assets, false

oaths

and

false

declarations. If he

defendant enters

a

guilty

plea

and

is

sentenced

on

those

charges

and

otherwise

she folly

complies

with

all

the

terms

of

he

plea

agreement,

he United

States

Attorney s

office for the

District of New

Jersey

will not

initiate

any

fizrther

criminal

cl2arges

against

Teresa Giudice

for

conduct

bett~een in

or about

September,

2001

to

in

or

about

June,

2011,

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with

others

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mortgage

loans

by

means

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fraud

and

inisrepreseutations,

by

co~nmitti~ag

bankruptcy

fi~aucl

by

concealing

assets,

making

alse

oaths

arzd

making

alse

declaratio~is.

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ea

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t?

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your

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ed

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lo

ans

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st

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f

pur

dia

se m

on

ey

mo

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age

s;

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me

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y

lin

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r

edit

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RS

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G

IU

DIC

E:

es

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Q

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e so

me

o

f

he loa

ns

in

y

our

na

me

on

ly?

MR

S.

I

UD

IC

T:

es.

Q. Wer

e so

me

of

h

e

l

oan

s

in

the

fla

mes

of

o

th

y

ou

a

nd

you

r

husb

and

.?.

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CE

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s.

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th

e c

our

se

of

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ply

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for

t

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lo

ans

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ou

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a

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cum

en

ts

t

o

t

he len

din

g

ins

titu

tio

ns?

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RS

. IL

JDI

CE

: Y

es.

Q

Di

d yo

u or

you

r•

hu

sba

nd

sub

mi

t

th

e

f

als

e

i

nfor

mat

ion

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se o

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ted

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ls

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se

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ter

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rs

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ters

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une

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CE

:

es

.

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On so

me o

f

the

l

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on

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ly

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tha

t tha

t yo

u

wer

e

a

n

o

ffi

cer

in

your

husband s stucco

company?

MR

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I

UD

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:

e

s.

Q

.

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t

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st

one

of

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alse

ly

stat

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re

a r

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tor?

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f the lo

ans

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mit

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ke

t

ax

re

tuni

s

fa

ke

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2

or

ms a

nd

fa

ke

pay

st

ubs

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Do

y

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ree

t

hat

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e

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ua t

in g

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d

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pon

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to

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MRS.

ICJDICE: Yes.

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lid

so

me

of he

se

lo

ans

go

alt

o f

ore

clo

sur

e?

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RS

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DI

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e

s.

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s

re

sult

di

d

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oire

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of

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e

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end

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tut

ions

suf

fer

act

ual

fi

nan

cial

lo s

ses

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RS

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DIC

E:

Y

es.

Q

re

yo

u gu

ilt

y

of

o

unt

1

o

f h

e s

upe

rse

din

g in

dic

tme

nt?

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MR

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Yes

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unt

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upt

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in

Ne

war

k,

N

ew

e

f~s

ey?

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I

UDI

CE

:

Ye

s?

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d

you

an

d

y

our

hu

sba

nd

sub

seq

uen

tly

fi

le

ai

ne n

di ne

nt s

to

t

he

pet

iti

on

on

or

about

December

I7,

2009,

January 8,

2010

and

March

2, 010?

MR

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:

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s?

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ou

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nce

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p

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pert

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on

gin

g t

o

yo

ur

ban

kru

ptc

y es

tat

e

f

ron

t tlae

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lait

ed

Sta

tes

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usre

e?

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RS

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Il

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ICE

: Y

es.

38

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TG

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enta/

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Janua~-~~

1,

2009

a~ad

October

29

2009 from the

television sh.orv,

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Real

Houseiti~ives of

New

Jersey, irlconze

~~ou ~~ecei~~ecl

during that

time

period

front

your

personal

and

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appearances

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youf

business,

TG

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LLC nal

your

i~.ticipated

income

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all

of

hese sources?

Did

can

you conceal

all of

hat?

MRS.

GIUDICE:

es.

Q.

lre

you guilty

of ozcfat

1 ~f he

supefsedi~zg indictment?

MRS.

IUDICE:

es.

Q. Next is

count 23.

Barilcr~lptcy

fraud

false

oaths.

Mrs. Giudice

did

you

testify

under

oath at

several

proceedings

in

coiu~ection

with

the

bankruptcy

case?

MRS.

IUDICE:

es.

Q.

t

~a ~Ipril 23

2010

ba~ak:rupzcy

pj~oceea'i~zg

before

the

United

States

t~~z~stee

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did

you

testify

falsely wader-

oath that

in

?009

you had

rao

other

sources

of

ncome

other

than.

the

television

show The

Real

Hotcsewives

of

New Jersey

and

one

television

appearance?

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GNDICE:

'es.

Q.

n

fact,

did

you

have

other

sources of

income

pecifically, income

from

your

personal and

magazine

appearances

as.

well as income

from

your

business

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Fabulicious

LLC?

MRS.

IUDJCE:

es.

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t

he

Apr-i123,

2010 bafakruptcy

proceeding

did

you

also

testifyfaXsely

under

oath

that tlaey~e

tiaras

never

a

tenaft.t at a residential

p~•operiy

which you

own

in

Zin.col~a

Parr New

ersey.

MRS.

GNDICE:

es.

Q.

n fact,

fi

om

t least

Marcll

2009

through

at

least

October

201

, did

you

and

your

husband

receive

monthly

rental

income

from

the property

in

Lincoln

Park?

MRS. ICJDICE:

Yes.

Q.

Did you

personally

endorse

many

of

these

r~ionthly

rent

checks

and

deposit

them

into

your

T

abulicious

LLC

usiness

bank account?

A.

es.

Q.

re

you iiiln~

of

ount

23

of he indictment?

MRS.

GNDICE:

es.

Q.

iraall>>, count

36

brrrrkru~tcy

fi•aud.

False

declarations.

Mrs.

Giudice

did

ynzc

sign

your

third

ameizded stutenzeizt

of inancial

affairs

on

March 2

2D10

k~zofving

it

tivould

he submitted

to

t17e

bankrz~ptey

eour•t?

MRS.

GNDICE:

es.

Q.

id

you

sign

the

third

amended

statement

of inancial

affairs

under

penalty of

perjury,

representing

that

the information

in

it

was

true

and correct?

MRS.

GNDICE:

es.

Q. Did

~~ots

sign the

third amended

statemefaz

of~nancial

affairs

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inforntatiotz in it

tivas

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cat

ion

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ee

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ty

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ea

A

pp

lic

ati

on,

at

pp.

7-8

,

Ex

hib

it

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er r

i C

ei

t..

I

n

the Guilty Pl

ea

A

ppl

ic

ati

on,

P

lai

nti

ff

cer

tif

ied

t

he

fo

llo

wi

ng

in

for

ma

tio

n

ai

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ate

men

ts

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ue a

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we

re fal

se,

slo

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wa

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su

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ct to

p

uni

sh

men

t:

10

38

5340

1


14/23

7.

T

received a copy

of

the...INDICTMFNT...bcfore being

called upo~1

to plead.

I

have

read

and

discussed

it

with

my lawyer. I understand that the

substance

of

the charges}

against

ine

is that I

committed

Loan

Fraud

and

Baiilcruptcy

Fraud.

~~=

43.

I

lulow the

judge

will

riot

permit

anyone

to plead

GUILTY

who

claims

to

be

innocent,

and

with

that in

mind and because T

am

GUILTY

respectfully request

that

the Court accept

my

lea

of

GUILTY

and to have

the

Clerk

enter my lea

of

GUILTY

s follows:

To

Counts)

, I5,

23,

36 of his...INDICTMENT....

44.

I offer my

lea of

GUILTY reely and

voluntarily

and of

my

own

accord

and

with full

understanding of

ll

matters set forth

in

tl~e_..INDICTMENT..., in

this

application,

and in the

certification

of

my

lawyex

which

is attached

to this

application.

45. I

further

declare

that I wish

to

wazve the

reading

of

the...INDICTMENT in

open

court,

and

I request

the Court

to enter

my

lea

of

GUILTY as

set forth

in

Paragaph

43,

above.

See er~~i

Cert.

at exhibit

G.

On

October

2,2014,

a sentencing

Bearing was held

Uefore

Judge

Salas,

whereby

Plaintiff

was

represented.

See

October

2,

2Q14

transcript,

Exhibit

H

erri

Cert.

On October 10,

2014,

a

judgment

was

entered against

Plaintiff in

the

Criminal Matter.

See

Judgment,

Exhibit I,

Perri

Cert.

On

October

2,

2014, Plaintiff

was sentenced

to

fifteen (15)

months

imprisomnent;

supervised

release

for two

{2)

ears;

an

8,000.00

fine;

restitution of

414,588.90; and

a special

assessment of

400.00. See

exhibit

A

t ¶

297. On

October 27, ?014,

an

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