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The Gorgas Shared Information About the Giudices’ Finances With People Helping the Feds; the Gorgas Never Planned on Going to Teresa’s Wedding to Louie Ruelas
The Gorgas never planned on going to Teresa’s wedding.
They didn’t want Teresa to have a moment to shine and bask in her new found happiness.
They made it about themselves, with the intent to steal her spotlight and her joy.
Danielle should know by now that they ALL set her up, especially the producers. Even Melissa was trying her best at the finale to goad Danielle into telling her the rumor that Melissa knew about since February 27, 2021, per Margaret (the finale was filmed in late July/early August 2022).
As the season arc, the cheating rumor needed to be said on camera to Melissa but nobody wanted to do it. So, it fell onto Danielle. She earned her stripes and certain return for next season.
The Gorgas were never going to the wedding because of Louie telling the cheating story to Joe, off camera, 6 months before filming for season 13 began, around March 2022, and well after Melissa learned about it about one year earlier.
The Gorgas couldn’t be sure it was going to be told to Melissa on camera so their backup reasons for not going to the wedding became Melissa not being asked to be a bridesmaid, Donna Marco not being invited, Teresa bringing up Antonia not going to Milania’s sweet 16 party.
The Gorgas’ feud with Louie about the pizza ovens also was a huge factor in the Gorgas turning on Louie.
The pizza oven and subscription pizza kit Gorga pitched to Louie wasn’t even an original idea. He stole it from his favorite pizza place, The Columbia Inn, which had on its website older photos of Joe and Melissa. And, apparently, the name Nonno’s Pizza already had been claimed by another company, so it couldn’t be used to “brand” the ovens.
From Before Season One Even Aired
Melissa posted anonymously in 2008 while season one was filming:
“One of the pathetic losers that are on this show, is a very close relative of mine. Don’t understand how that show chose her to be on tv. If anyone knows who I might be talking about, what an idiot, clueless mother and a housewive that has no idea what her husband does and who. She definitely needs a reality check.”
“I know one of “housewives” very well. Just from knowing some of the girls on this show I can see why Bravo didn’t pick woman with real money and class they picked the dumb ones with no class and charge cards, it makes for a better show. Why don’t they donate some money to chairty instead of worrying about out doing each other with material things.”
“I know the two sisters on the show and know a third housewive (not so much a housewive at home) I would love to see a show about their so called husbands. I know alot of ones’ husband and he definitely is not too involved with his wife and three kids. But what she don’t know, she will never have a clue about!!!!!!”
“Born and raised in Paterson and and then thinking that she has the wonderful life that these women so called have on this show. This is all just a show because that woman has nothing just a bunch of credit cards with a high balance!!!!!”
“I saw one of the housewives just recently. I don’t need to kiss anyones’ ass especially her. Don’t know wjat definition of beautiful, funny, entertaining your talking about and believe me no one is kissing her ass in this family. She came from nothing and now she thinks she’s living that perfect lifestyle. Believe me everyone in this family is laughing at her. She’s a mess!!!CLUELESS about life! Try having a conversation with her, “what a dumbass”
“FAMOUS” hahaha That’s great. Is that what you actually believe. Famous for WHAT!! And RICH – ER, even better, maybe Teresa should do a credit check on her husband and see how RICH there NOT!”
“One of them…the one that lives in Montville now used to live in a shit hole of a house in Lincoln Park with a mazaratti parked out front. Hmmmm can someone say dirty money. Yeah right ‘construction’ HA H”
“OMG!!! I love it, cant wait to see more, come on people, you gotta admit, these girls are a complete mess. You got the fat wife from the brownstone that needs hair extensions. Dina’s looking old. The wacko from Wayne, (her poor kids), and then Teresa, what is she gonna do when she finds out alllll the $ they owe people and they are gonna be looking for it after they see this show air! The only nice one is the sister in law. She don’t belong with those idiots!”
http://oncommonground.blogspot.com/2008/04/real-housewives-of-new-jersey.html
Melissa trash talked everyone on this blog but Danielle Staub (she may already have been in contact with Danielle as far back as 2008 when they were filming season 1) and then said this about herself and Joe Gorga:
“I met the brother of the Montville housewife. What an awesome guy very successful owns alot of buildings and he is her younger brother. He is very young. Wow!! His house is the most amazing house in Montville, in a very prestigious development. Its an OMG! Cribs doesn’t even have houses like that. He has a beautiful wife and family, she is only 29! living in a house like that! God Bless. If the montville housewife is anything like her brother she should be interesting. Im sure she will be, they must come from a great family. I know of some of the other girls. Im excited to watch the show. When does it come on? [December 21, 2008 12:24 PM]
See the blog post: Melissa Gorga’s Best Quotes and Lies
Louie Ruelas’ Stalker Ex-Fiance, Vanessa Reiser
Note: Louie has two ex-girlfriends named Vanessa. The Vanessa who is dating Dolores’ ex David is the other Vanessa, not Vanessa Reiser.
Louie hired Bo Dietl, not to investigate the cast, but to investigate Vanessa Reiser, the ex-fiance who is harassing him and his family. During the investigation, some of the cast members names, in particular Margaret, kept coming up as someone in contact with Vanessa and feeding Margaret information. That’s why Margaret is so shook.
Prior to marrying her second husband Glenn, Vanessa also allegedly dated a man named Paul Devlin. Paul claimed that Vanessa stole his jeep and then put an order of protection against him. According to court documents Paul even sent a letter to Glenn while he was married to Vanessa warning him all about Vanessa Reiser (image below). This was found in court documents against Vanessa Reiser.
Louie deep dive from IG account bravoduckingbravo
Allegedly, Louie couldn’t discuss at the reunion that he hired his friend, PI Bo Dietl, to investigate his ex fiance, Vanessa Reiser, for death threats. She has had restraining orders against her for stalking in the past. Some of the cast members possibly came up during the investigation because they were/are in contact with Vanessa. Louie says Bo Dietl has information on everyone because the stalker investigation of Vanessa revealed that some of the cast were/are communicating with Vanessa.
Joe Gorga, Frank Catania, and the Foreclosure Business
Joe said he met Frank when Joe was in high school.
Frank: I controlled all the foreclosures, and Joe was trying to get in the foreclosure field, and he came to me (Joe interrupts Frank and rambles).
Joe: He was an attorney and I got right into a business, and by the time I was 19 I started flipping houses, and he was a big time attorney at the time and he had the biggest foreclosure connection at the time, so anytime you, anything you needed, I would call him up. I said, “Frank, I need a couple houses.” And he’s like, “Okay.” That’s how many houses he had. He controlled the market. He was the man… and he wouldn’t sell to just anyone. He had a very small group. So if I call him, “Frank, I need three houses, okay”… and I go look, and I’m gonna buy them, and I made money because you helped me out. Thank you Frank. That’s why I love him. But we have this amazing relationship. We never argued. I was going to ask them. We’ve been in business. We had some issues in business but we never thought, we never fought. He was my attorney for a very long time but we were also friends and, umm, that’s why what you see is real. And, even if did something to me today I would never get mad at him. And, he wouldn’t even, I, I can’t even say that because you would never even do anything, and I could never even do anything…
Joe Gorga emotional over missing sister’s wedding
November 13, 2022
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In 2014, a complaint was filed, accusing Frank Catania of misappropriating funds in a $190,000 escrow account, which had been set aside during a 2010 residential real estate closing in Toms River.
In December of 2010, Catania allegedly moved $15k from the account to his business bank account, Catania Fitness Corp, then within the same month, moved another $10k, and used it to pay legal fees to the law firm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith and Davis.
So, basically, he was caught using clients’ money to fund his gyms.
Frank was disbarred in 2017.
Melissa (Off Camera) Fed Infomation to Danielle Staub About Teresa’s Financial Issues and Personal Family Matters
The Gorgas brought Monica Chacon onto the show via Kim G in season 3.
Monica Chacon’s husband was the lawyer representing Joe Giudice’s ex business partner, Joe Mastropole, who was suing Juicy.
In December 2010, at the Gorgas’ Christmas party in season 3 episode 10, Melissa and Monica Chacon pretended like they didn’t know each other when she arrived with Kim G; however, in October 2010, while taping the Posche fashion show in season 3 episode 2, Melissa, her sisters, Kim G, Monica Chacon and Kathy Wakile all sat at the same table – Teresa questioned their association when she said to Caroline and Jacqueline:
“Why is Kim G talking to my sister-in-law? It’s just weird that my sister-in-law’s friends with her.”
Monica Chacon boasted to RadarOnline on July 30, 2013, that she had been working with federal investigators over the past four years to help them nab the Giudices.
The connection between Monica Chacon and Joe Gorga goes back to 2005 (if not earlier), when she prepared the deed for a property he purchased jointly with Bob Hiza, who is a real estate and mortgage broker and a friend of both the Gorgas and Wakiles. (Remember that the Gorgas got married in August 2004, and Melissa worked as a secretary for his “real estate development” business.)
In June 2003, Frank signed as “witness” for the sale of the parents’ home to Joe Gorga for $1.00. The mother’s signature appears to be forged. It looks like the same person signed Giacinto and “Antonio”.
So, Nonno and his wife sold the family home for $1 to Joe. The only witness to this transaction was Frank Catania. Did Teresa’s father actually sign the documents? Did Joe Gorga forge his father’s signature, and did Frank Catania help him with making the deeds look legit?
Frank signed in the capacity as a notary and his signature represents his verification of the validity of signatures from the Gorgas.
See the blog post:
xjrsygrl7733 commented at Fame-Whorgas on August 27, 2013 about Monica Chacon and her helping the feds investigate the Giudices (she herself told RadarOnline that she had been working with federal investigators over the past four years to help them nab the Giudices):
This women I was speaking to told me that when the first season of RHONJ aired and Teresa became the breakout star, her sister-in-law Melissa and her lovely brother Joe began contacting Monica Chacon and Kim Granatell. Melissa and Joe and the Marco sisters were the ones feeding Monica all the dirt on the Giudices’ finances!!!
Melissa did the same thing to Danielle but she didn’t take the bait. Monica Chacon did.
During season 3 when Melissa tried to pretend she didn’t know Monica, it was just to hide the fact that she DID know her! For years Melissa and Joe Gorga told Monica everything the Giudices did. When they got mortgages, when they were building on, when they went shopping and bought expensive clothes and furniture, when Teresa had appearances and if she got paid for them!
We all know Melissa Gorga is a pathological liar, including lying about not knowing Monica Chacaon, the lawyer who prides herself on helping the feds nab the Giudices.
Monica and Kim were compiling all of this information to make a case against the Giudices for fraud!
It was Melissa who has done all of this to Teresa! She was the one telling them the house was in foreclosure and that the Giudices lied on taxes and mortgage applications and that Teresa made more money then she was admitting to.
All of this shadiness was going on during seasons 1 and 2, and then on season 3 there was the devil herself… Melissa!! She then preceded to play victim and act like Teresa did something wrong to her when it was the Gorgas who purposefully lied to Monica and Kim to take Teresa down!!
The Gorgas have known this whole time that there was a case being made against his own sister to put her in jail. WHO DOES THAT TO HIS SISTER and NIECES!!!!!!! The Gorgas fed all of this info to Monica Chacon and Kim Granatell! And half of what Melissa told Monica was not even true.
Monica’s husband is the one suing the Giudices, and it was Melissa and Joe who were telling Monica and Kim G about the Giudices finances. Melissa did the same thing with Danielle Staub and wanted to film with her. She told Danielle about Teresa’s finances and that her house was in foreclosure.
Monica’s husband, William Saracino of Totowa, NJ, is the attorney for Joe Giudice’s former business partner, Joseph Mastropole, who sued Joe and Teresa in 2007 for $260,000, the debt due in a business divorce agreement. Mastropole accused Juicy of forging his signature on documents to discharge a mortgage on property they jointly owned for the purpose of refinancing the property to garner funds.
Kim G was on the show in the first two seasons, and Monica made her appearance in season 3 at the Gorgas’ party when Melissa denied knowing her, but Monica said she knew Melissa and Joe.
Kim G and Monica Chacon sat at a table with Kathy, Melissa and Melissa’s sisters at the Posche fashion show (PFS) in season 3 episode 2. This was at the very beginning of the Gorgas’ and Wakiles’ first season – how did they get so close to Kim G so quickly? Because they had known her for a while, although earlier in the same episode Melissa and Kathy pretended to have met her for the first time at the Posche boutique, where Kim G said to them about Teresa, “She doesn’t know who she’s messing with,” and neither of them defended Teresa or were shocked by the statement.
Melissa also told Monica about the magazine articles and said Teresa gets paid for them. I was also told that Joe Giudice’s ex business partner, who filed a suit first and was represented by Monica’s husband, was also in cahoots with Melissa and Joe Gorga. The Gorgas went to the business partner and that’s how they met Monica and told her they would help her take the Giudices down!! Then low and behold suddenly Melissa got cast on the show!!!
When Teresa saw Kim G sit down at Melissa’s table at the PFS, she asked Jacqueline and Caroline:
“Why is Kim G talking to my sister-in-law? It’s just weird that my sister-in-law’s friends with her.”
In the same episode (season 3 episode 2), before the PFS, Kim G came over to Melissa’s home, and they went clubbing on Halloween, Kathy included – Melissa and Kathy talked smack about Teresa with Kim G the entire time.
Bob and Kim Hiza are mortgage brokers who were credited in season 3 as being the Gorgas’ accountants, but in reality Bob Hiza co-owns with Joe Gorga at least 10 low-end properties in Paterson, NJ.
The Gorgas and Wakiles dined with the Hizas in their home during season 3 episode 6, at which time they talked about the Giudices’ bankruptcy.
The following are excerpts from recaps by StarPulse and the MontvillePatch about the dinner at the Hiza’s home (click her for a full recap by Eudie Pak):
“After leaving his meeting with Teresa, Joe and Melissa meet at their accountant Kim and Bob Hiza’s house and have dinner with them along with cousins Kathy and Rich. Not long after beginning the meal, the conversation turns to Teresa and her troubles. Melissa, Kathy, Rich and Bob start to gossip about Teresa’s problems with her brother and the upcoming auction on her belongings. Although the relationship between Joe and his sister is strained he defends her saying she is going through a rough time right now and they shouldn’t be discussing it.”
“After the meeting, Joe and Melissa meet up with Kathy and Rich Wakile at the home of family friends and accountants Bob and Kim Hiza. ‘The Hizas are not traditional Italians,’ Wakile said. ‘They had a chef prepare the meal. It was nice, it was very nice. I told Kim, I have to cook for her. I have to teach her a few things.’ Melissa refuses wine, saying she was sick from being worried over Joe. He tells them about the meeting with Teresa. ‘Everything went OK,’ he said. ‘Did she apologize? Yes. Was she sincere? I’m not sure.’ Melissa tells Kathy that when everything is peaceful between her and Teresa, she is going to talk to her about Wakile. Wakile tells Gorga not to worry about it. ‘If she wants to have me in her life, she’ll have me in her life,’ Wakile said. ‘Listen, she’s going through some hard times,’ Joe said. Again, the topic of the auction comes up, this time from Bob Hiza. Rich Wakile says he absolutely would have helped his ailing cousins-in-law if he had known they were in bankruptcy. Gorga agrees.”
The following is an excerpt about the dinner with the Hizas from Melissa’s Bravo blog:
“Anyway, I’m glad you get to see our dinner with Kathy and Rich at Kim and Bob Hiza’s house. You can clearly see that we had the perfect opportunity to discuss Teresa and Joe Giudice’s financial problems, but we took the high road as we always do when that topic is brought up in the press, on the show, and around other people. We are not out to get Teresa or talk about their legal issues. When I say I want this family to get back together, I truly do mean it. I want our kids to play together, and I want us to spend time together as a family. I never sat down with Teresa face-to-face until now, but I stand by what I wrote above. Let’s sit down talk about our issues and fix them, for real.”
Kim Hiza, Kim G and Monica Chacon attended the Gorgas’ 2010 Christmas party in season 3 episode 10. The producers invited Monica and Kim G unbeknownst to the Giudices but Melissa was fully aware that they would be attending, even though she feigned knowing Monica at the time. Teresa became upset that Monica was there because earlier that day she had a confrontation with her at the courthouse during a break in a fraud case that Juicy’s former business partner had filed against him.
Kim Hiza is a member of Kim Granatell’s crew, “The New Jersey Socialites“, which is a reality show Kim G was trying to get picked up in January 2013.
Kim Hiza was with Kathy Wakile and Kim G attending Kim D’s holiday party in December 2010. The event was sponsored by illluminationPR.com, which represented Melissa Gorga at the time and now represents the Wakiles.
Kim G is Jacqueline’s friend and neighbor – could Jacqueline have been helping Monica Chacon and the federal investigators?
During the taping of season 4, Jacqueline and the other cast members tried very hard to get Teresa to admit to being paid for magazine covers and articles and consistently asked her about financial matters when Bravo’s cameras were rolling.
Kim G’s tweeted to Jacqueline on October 20, 2011, saying, “So glad Jacqueline, myself and Tom Murro converse everyday… oh, I forgot, Monica too!”
Monica is the attorney for Joe Giudice’s former business partner, Joseph Mastropole, who sued him in 2007 for debt due him in a business divorce. Mastropole accused Juicy of forging his signature on documents for property they jointly owned. Juicy admitted that he forged the signature but testified that on any occasion Mastropole had authorized him to sign his name to documents, which Mastropole denied, testifying that Juicy signed his name without his knowledge or authorization (Juicy also admitted to forging the notary’s signature and the notary seal). Juicy was found liable in court for the debt due Mastropole of $255,000. [Read the opinion letter here on the case written by the bankruptcy judge.]
Monica spoke with RadarOnline again on July 31, 2013, and said the following about the Giudices:
According to attorney Monica Chacon, who represented Joe’s former business partner Joe Mastropole in a 2007 fraud case, Joe allegedly used “gang” tactics to intimidate her and her client.
“Someone blew out seven windows at our office the same day we filed in court,” she claims. “They were shooting slingshots with marbles. Of course we didn’t catch Joe doing it, but my and my husband’s office and Joe Mastropole’s office were both targeted the same day we filed in court. It wasn’t a coincidence.”
“You see a lot of different types of people when you’re a lawyer, but these two … I don’t know if they’re just that dumb, or if they’re crazy smart.”
“They just don’t care!” Chacon says. “They do what they want, and they say what they want, and figure that someday they’ll deal with the implications.”
“Even Al Capone didn’t go down for murdering people, he went down for tax evasion!” Chacon laughs.
But despite rumors, she says that Joe and Teresa definitely don’t have mafia ties.
“They have an inner-city, gang mentality,” Chacon explains. “They’re like people who have nothing to lose. That’s what you’re dealing with. It’s crazy.”
The following is an excerpt from the July 30, 2013 RadarOnline article where Monica says she has been working with the feds to nab the Guidices.
A lawyer who worked to have them found liable for fraud back in 2007 tells RadarOnline.com that she feels vindicated — and even a little bit pleased.
“It does feel good,” attorney Monica Chacon tells RadarOnline.com exclusively. Chacon represented Joe’s former business partner Joe Mastropole when he sued Giudice for fraud in 2007.
“The work we put in to make sure the judge recognized they were committing fraud ultimately resulted in them withdrawing their petition [and tipping off the feds],” she explains. “It’s been a long road.”
In fact, Chacon says, she’s been aiding federal investigators in their work to nab the Giudices for years. “Our office has had calls from some federal agencies over the past four years,” she reveals. “You don’t think it’s gonna come to anything and then finally [it happens].”
Still, she says, “Teresa and Joe’s true day of reckoning is yet to come. The federal case is still ongoing. To actual vindication, I think it will be a long road.”
“But finally it feels like people are opening their eyes to the situation after so many years,” Chacon says. “Little by little, the truth is starting to come out. They’re starting to show who they really are and what they are about.”
“Everybody around her knows they’re sleazy,” Chacon insists. “I think that their fans must be from anywhere but New Jersey!”
Monica was Kim G’s guest at the Gorgas’ Christmas party in their home during season 3 episode 10 – she introduced herself as “the lawyer suing Teresa.” She is the “lawyer” the Gorgas like to boast about kicking out of the party to appease Teresa – Teresa was upset that Monica was there, in her brother’s house, because the two had a verbal altercation at the court house earlier that day.
According to an insider, both Bravo and Melissa invited Monica to the party, although, during the episode, Melissa denied even knowing her.
During season 3 episode 10 (Melissa’s Christmas party), Melissa first claimed, “I don’t even know who the woman [Monica] is, so why is she in my house?” Then she feigned surprise recognition when Kim G said to Melissa, “Say ‘hi’ to Monica again.” Melissa quickly regrouped and said, “I think I met you at the fashion show.”
Monica Chacon and her husband, the lawyers taking crediting for working with the feds and helping to uncover alleged fraud by Juicy, appeared on Showbiz Tonight on August 2, 2013. The following is the link to the video and the accompanying article from HLNTV.com.
If Teresa Giudice needs someone to blame for her serious legal troubles, she might be able to look to her nemesis from “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” — and we’re not talking about that poor table she infamously flipped over back in the show’s first season.
Lawyer Monica Chacon was part of a fraud lawsuit that indirectly led to this week’s 39-count federal indictment against Teresa and her husband, Joe Giudice. In one episode during season 3, Teresa had Monica kicked out of a party (she had sparred with Teresa at a courthouse earlier that day).
Nowadays, Chacon must be doing a happy victory dance, right? Not exactly. In their first TV interview since the Giudices’ indictment, Chacon and her husband/fellow attorney, William C. Saracino, stopped by Showbiz Tonight to share their thoughts on the massive misfortune of their longtime adversaries.
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/08/01/joe-and-teresa-giudice-whistleblowers
Monica Chacon is a title examiner and owner of Chacon Title Agency, which specializes in researching records for real estate transactions. Certainly she assisted the feds in their investigation of the Giudices.
According to the NY Daily News on December 16, 2010, Teresa demanded Monica talk to her during a courtroom break in the case filed by Joe Giudice’s former business partner, Joseph Mastropole, but Monica, the wife of his attorney, refused, and Teresa exploded, screaming, “You need to stop telling people my business!” Though Joe is at the center of the drama, it was Teresa who got heated during a break in the proceedings, when she reportedly picked a fight with Monica Ciccone, the wife of William Saracino Jr., Mastropole’s lawyer. She exploded at Ciccone in a hallway during the break, according to RadarOnline.com, screaming, “You and me gotta talk!” When Ciccone ignored her, Giudice reportedly insisted, “I need to talk to you!” Ciccone continued to brush off the reality hothead, saying, “I don’t have to talk to you, we both have lawyers.” This was the last straw for Giudice, Radar reports, who seemed to channel her history of hallway fighting by going after Ciccone the same way she fought with “Real Housewives” castmember Danielle Staub last season. “You need to stop telling people my business!” she reportedly yelled. Unlike Staub, Ciccone stood up for herself, saying, “I’m not talking to you, you’re a bully!” Joe Giudice had to extract his wife from the situation, the gossip site reports.
Kim G’s friend Monica Chacon told RadarOnline on July 30, 2013, that she has been working with federal investigators over the past four years to nab the Giudices.
Monica Chacon, Kim G, Bob and Kim Hiza, the Gorgas, the Wakiles and Jacqueline Laurita Have a Vendetta Against Teresa Giudice
In October 2011, just after the reunion special for season 3 premiered, Kim G tweeted some revealing information which linked Monica Chacon, Bob and Kim Hiza, and Jacqueline Laurita to her vendetta against Teresa Giudice (this was also a few weeks after strippergate was taped on September 27, 2011 for the season 4 finale – Kim G tweeted that she watched the fashion show unfold from her condo balcony across the street).
The Gorgas are linked to both Bob Hiza and Monica Chacon, who prepared a deed for a property Joe Gorga and Bob Hiza jointly purchased in March 2005 (Joe Gorga and Bob Hiza purchased about 10 distressed properties together from the city of Paterson, NJ, around that time period).
Further linking the Gorgas, along with the Wakiles, to the Hizas is the scene they taped for season 3 episode 6 – the couples went to the Hiza’s home for dinner, where they talked about the Giudice’s bankruptcy. The following are recaps about the dinner at the Hiza’s home.
After leaving his meeting with Teresa, Joe and Melissa meet at their accountant Kim and Bob Hiza’s house and have dinner with them along with cousins Kathy and Rich. Not long after beginning the meal, the conversation turns to Teresa and her troubles. Melissa, Kathy, Rich and Bob start to gossip about Teresa’s problems with her brother and the upcoming auction on her belongings. Although the relationship between Joe and his sister is strained he defends her saying she is going through a rough time right now and they shouldn’t be discussing it. [StarPulse]
Kathy and Rich are visiting the “Gorga Family Accountants”, also known as the Hizas who have hired a chef to cater their dinner which is apparently just not the Italian way according to Kathy. Of course, the conversation is about Joe vs. Teresa – otherwise known as the ONLY topic of conversation in Franklin Lakes, NJ. Joe is very sedate in describing the convo and admits that Teresa seemed like she is trying. The Hizas, obviously feeling smug that they are not the Giudices’ accountants, snark on their impending remediation auction and call Teresa “rude.” I noticed only Joe said anything at all in her defense and admits he would help his sister if she asked. Kathy issues some sage advice: “mindless spending will catch up with you eventually,” in reference to the Giudice bankruptcy as a result of their depleting Italy of all its marble tiles. [RealityTea]
After the meeting, Joe and Melissa meet up with Kathy and Rich Wakile at the home of family friends and accountants Bob and Kim Hiza. “The Hizas are not traditional Italians,” Wakile said. “They had a chef prepare the meal. It was nice, it was very nice. I told Kim, I have to cook for her. I have to teach her a few things.” Melissa refuses wine, saying she was sick from being worried over Joe. He tells them about the meeting with Teresa. “Everything went OK,” he said. “Did she apologize? Yes. Was she sincere? I’m not sure.” Melissa tells Kathy that when everything is peaceful between her and Teresa, she is going to talk to her about Wakile. Wakile tells Gorga not to worry about it. “If she wants to have me in her life, she’ll have me in her life,” Wakile said. “Listen, she’s going through some hard times,” Joe said. Again, the topic of the auction comes up, this time from Bob Hiza. Rich Wakile says he absolutely would have helped his ailing cousins-in-law if he had known they were in bankruptcy. Gorga agrees. [MontvillePatch]
The following is an excerpt about the dinner with the Hizas from Melissa’s Bravo blog.
Anyway, I’m glad you get to see our dinner with Kathy and Rich at Kim and Bob Hiza’s house. You can clearly see that we had the perfect opportunity to discuss Teresa and Joe Giudice’s financial problems, but we took the high road as we always do when that topic is brought up in the press, on the show, and around other people. We are not out to get Teresa or talk about their legal issues. When I say I want this family to get back together, I truly do mean it. I want our kids to play together, and I want us to spend time together as a family. I never sat down with Teresa face-to-face until now, but I stand by what I wrote above. Let’s sit down talk about our issues and fix them, for real.
BTW, Kim G was married to Kim D’s stepbrother so, technically, they used to be sister-in-laws.
After the Giudices were indicted on July 29, 2013 for money fraud, Kim G (@Kimgranatell) was called out for her tweets about Teresa going to prison, and on July 31, 2013, she tweeted:
I’M AS RICH AS SHIT –YOU CAN ALL KISS MY ASS!! HAHA! @celebritymagnet
On October 24, 2013, Kim G tweeted (her last tweet to date):
Love my fabulous brand new multi bedroom NYC Condo….and did not have to commit mortgage, bank, or wire fraud to get it!!!
The following is a recap by Eudie Pak of the Gorga’s 2010 Christmas party, which aired in season 3 episode 10 – this is the party where producers and Melissa had Kim G bring Monica Chacon (who had a confrontation at the courthouse with Teresa earlier that day) – Monica introduced herself as “the lawyer suing Teresa” (Kim Hiza is pictured with Kathy Wakile and Kim G in the photos below).
Monica Chacon, Kim G, Kim Hiza and Tom Murro’s Connection to the Gorgas and Wakiles and to Each Other
Kim G and Monica Chacon sat at a table with Kathy, Melissa and Melissa’s sisters at the Posche fashion show (PFS) in season 3 episode 2 (photos below). This was at the very beginning of the Gorgas’ and Wakiles’ first season – how did they get so close to Kim G so quickly? Because they had known her for a while, although earlier in the same episode Melissa and Kathy pretended to have met her for the first time at the Posche boutique (first photo below), where Kim G said to them about Teresa, “She doesn’t know who she’s messing with,” and neither of them defended Teresa or were shocked by the statement.
When Teresa saw Kim G sit down at Melissa’s table at the PFS, she asked Jacqueline and Caroline: “Why is Kim G talking to my sister-in-law? It’s just weird that my sister-in-law’s friends with her.”
In the same episode (season 3 episode 2), before the PFS, Kim G came over to Melissa’s home, and they went clubbing on Halloween, Kathy included – Melissa and Kathy talked smack about Teresa with Kim G the entire time.
Bob and Kim Hiza are mortgage brokers who were credited in season 3 as being the Gorgas’ accountants, but in reality Bob Hiza co-owns with Joe Gorga at least 10 low-end properties in Paterson, NJ.
The Gorgas and Wakiles dined with the Hizas in their home during season 3 episode 6, at which time they talked about the Giudices’ bankruptcy – the Hizas snarked on their impending remediation auction and called Teresa “rude,” while Kathy commented on Teresa’s shopping habits by saying, “Mindless spending will catch up with you eventually.”
Kim Hiza, Kim G and Monica Chacon attended the Gorgas’ 2010 Christmas party in season 3 episode 10 (photos below). The producers invited Monica and Kim G unbeknownst to the Giudices but Melissa was fully aware that they would be attending, even though she feigned knowing Monica at the time. Teresa became upset that Monica was there because earlier that day she had a confrontation with her at the courthouse during a break in a fraud case that Juicy’s former business partner had filed against him.
“Teresa’s bankruptcy was exposed by Danielle at the 1st Posche fashion show when she said Teresa’s house was in foreclosure (Melissa, Kim G or Monica fed Danielle this information, which was a lie). After that episode aired, the wave of articles on the web and in the magazines started. Monica Chacon, whose husband was the lawyer representing Joe Giudice’s partner, fed a lot of dirt to Kim G; she, in turn, fed it to Danielle and the bloggers. When they were ready to film season 3, Teresa was forced to talk about it because the producers invited Monica to the 2nd Posche Fashion show (season 3 episode 2 – she sat with Melissa and her sisters) and the Gorgas’ Christmas party (season 3 episode 10 – she came with Kim G). Remember when Monica introduced herself to Melissa and Kathy as the lawyer suing Teresa. Let’s not forget, the Wakiles and the Gorgas were asked to be on the show if they would address Teresa’s personnel finances.” [Lee, May 15, 2012, AllAboutTRH.com]
“We [Melissa and I] did never meet; however, it was because I wouldn’t allow that to happen. She wanted to film during season 2, and she thought it would be a good way to get back at Teresa. And I said I wanted absolutely nothing to do with that; however, I would forward all her e-mails, which were a lot, to the producers, which I did. Which is how, after two seasons of her being behind the scenes — on camera but behind the scenes — she all the sudden became a person of interest and that’s how she landed on the show. Um, I think that it would be good for her to just come clean. I wanted nothing to do with what she wanted to do to Teresa. It’s not my place. I don’t play with that. Karma has a return policy and it isn’t an exchange.” [Danielle Staub, WWHL, September 9, 2013]
No matter how intelligent you try to come across in your blogs, I cannot get over how you allow other people to dog and disrespect your family, mainly Teresa & her husband (season 3 episode 6, dinner at the Hizas’). First, in Poshe you allowed Kim to talk about Teresa and didn’t defend your cousin, and then again in last night’s episode you sat by idly as the Hizas talked about Teresa and her problems – only her brother had the decency to defend the honor of his family, while you and Melissa just sat there complacently while these two business associates/”friends” tried to snicker about the Guidice’s personal affairs. Many viewers have made this observation and I will reiterate it too – you and Melissa are both probably great women in your own right. But neither of you are doing yourselves favors by trashing your family on TV – just makes you look bad. Looks bad in your blogs too. Keep the skeletons in your closet – and when in public, put on good face about your family. We all have family problems, all of us, but I would never allow strangers or business associates to dog my family in front of my face like that – makes YOU look bad, not the Giudices. [ColoradoViewer, Kathy’s Bravo blog, June 20, 2011]
The worst thing about Melissa is that she’s dumb in a boring way, not a funny way (aside from the “wench like me” line, which was even funnier because she sang it!). Melissa clearly needs this conflict to continue if she wants a storyline, though, and she drives me crazy when she fusses that Teresa doesn’t care, insists Joe get it sorted out, and then rebuffs any apologies. Maybe she wants Teresa to apologize while hooked to a polygraph. The only solution she desires is unconditional acceptance of her, and that won’t work either. Sometimes there’s only room for one tacky bitch per family, and Teresa got there first. Melissa will have to settle for being the tacky bitch-in-waiting. Maybe Kim Hiza didn’t need a plate of food because she feasts on the miseries of others? [foucault, TWP, June 20, 2011]
The following are Kim Granatell’s tweets directed at Teresa after the 39-count federal indictment was handed down on July 29, 2013.
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