Teresa and Joe Giudice senetenced: In a federal court in Newark, New Jersey, the couple received their sentences on Thursday for conspiracy charges.
Teresa received 15 months, while Joe got a 41 months in prison. The couple will face their jail time consecutively so that their young four daughters will have atleast a parent with them.
'The Real Housewives Of New Jersey' married stars talked about their upcoming sentences as they face jail time in an interview with Bravo's Andy Cohen set to air on Monday, 9PM.
Teresa expressed her feelings when they received their sentences last week:
"I was so nervous yesterday that I was shaking. My nerves were pulling at one point. I couldn't even move my fingers; they were stuck. I couldn't even open my hands. My nerves were shot. I've had sleepless nights. I mean, of course I was shocked. It was very unexpected. I don't know. I don't even know what to say."
And Joe elaborated that he actually felt like he got hit in the back of the neck by a bat.
He continued, "I don't know. It is what it is."
While Teresa faces her jail time she's worried of her daughter's welfare, and revealed that their oldest daughter, Gia, who is 13, told her that she'll help out Joe while she's in prison.
"[She said], 'Mommy don't worry. I'll be there, I'll help daddy with the girls. ... That will prepare me for when I'm a mom.' ... It broke my heart when she said that."
Joe expected himself to be in jail anytime after the charges filed against them, but he never expected that his wife will be in prison too.
"I expected me (to get jail time). I wasn't expecting her," said Joe. "She had no part in my businesses or whatever. She really didn't."
Teresa also explained that she just sign whatever Joe tells her to sign , and it's not her habit to read before signing.
"Whatever Joe told me to sign, I would sign,"
"I do need to read things before I sign them. I do need to understand things before I sign them. I'm a trustworthy person, and I take what other people say and I believe them, I trust them, and I can't do that anymore."
The couple pleaded guilty in March, admitting they hid assets from bankruptcy creditors and submitted phony loan applications to get some $5 million in mortgages and construction loans.
Joe also pleaded guilty to failing to file a 2004 tax return and failed to pay a total of $200,000.
Teresa is set to enter prison on January 5 next year, while her husband Joe might be deported after his jail time. The couple were also ordered to pay each $414,000 in restitution.
Watch out for more updates about Teresa and Joe's prison sentences.
