Joe Giudice Arrested For Fraudulent ID

Real Housewives of New Jersey househusband Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice is in trouble yet again. Adding to a list of brushes with the law that includes a DWI arrest, forgery, concealing assets, and a bar brawl in the Dominican Republic, Joe was arrested Friday for creating a fake driver’s license! The bust took place at his Towaco, New Jersey home and was conducted by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Financial Crimes Unit, assisted by Montville police.

Teresa Giudice’s husband now faces charges of forgery and “wrongfully using the identifying information of another” for allegedly using his brother’s information to create a new driver’s license at the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles. As you might have guessed, his previously mentioned DWI arrest resulted in a suspended license so this must have been Big Joe’s creative solution.

According to the Baltimore Sun Joe faces up to ten years in prison if convicted.

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RHONJ Cast Members Detained On Vacation

Teresa Giudice, who famously flipped her lid (and a banquet table) on her Real Housewives of New Jersey co-star Danielle Staub in a heated argument about Staub's criminal past, is having some legal troubles of her own, thanks to her husband's participation in a bar fight.

Radar Online reports that Teresa's husband, Joe, was detained by police in the Dominican Republic along with cast mate Caroline's sons, Albie Manzo and Chris Manzo, and the boys' roommate, Gregory Bennett.

After his clan accidentally spilled champagne on fellow bar patrons, a confrontation began, during which Joe Giudice allegedly hit one customer with a glass and beat another. The two men on the receiving end of the beatdown received minor lacerations in addition to one man's arm being fractured and the other man receiving a fractured leg. Chris, Albie and Gregory were allegedly protecting the women in the bar from the fight when they were detained.

A police representative said of the incident, "Usually when there's a fight we take one guy, but this time we took everybody."

While no charges were filed against the involved parties, who came to a verbal agreement, Radar sources say that Teresa and Joe Giudice remained in the Dominican Republic under supervision by their hotel for three days after the rest of their clan flew back to the Garden State.

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Teresa Giudice Is A Magnet For Trouble

Sure the photo looks serene: Teresa Giudice with her husband Joe sipping cocktails poolside with Lauren and Albie Manzo in the Dominican Republic. But this photo is hot on the heels of stories that surfaced late last month that a man had been hospitalized after a glass was allegedly smashed on his head during a brawl involving cast members of the Real Housewives Of New Jersey.

And that’s not the only bad news for Teresa – it seems a Christian comedian, Jeffrey Mishler, is suing NBCU and Fabulicious LLC, a company ran by Teresa, for infringing upon the trademark of Mishler’s phrase “Happy wife, Happy life” for which he obtained a trademark for in 2004.

“The defendants’ goods and services are in conflict with the image Mishler associates with his comedy and his products,” the suit says. “Specifically, the Real Housewives of New Jersey depicts a lifestyle and behavior which are considered crude, offensive, and unsavory to a segment of the public, particularly those who seek out Christian and/or family-friendly entertainment, key consumers of Mishler’s goods and services.”

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Real Housewives of New Jersey Visit Kiss & Fly

Teresa Guidice, Caroline Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, and Ashley Holmes of the Real Housewives of New Jersey visited Kiss & Fly on March 5, 2011 in New York City.

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New Jersey Housewives Visit Saratoga Springs

If you've been dying to meet the Real Housewives of New Jersey, be sure to hit up Vapor in Saratoga Springs from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 10. There you can mix and mingle with Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo, along with the Manzo Brothers (Albie and Christopher).

Tickets range from $12 to $15. Details are here.

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'NJ Housewives' Involved In CRAZY Bar Attack

Multiple cast members on the Real Housewives of New Jersey were involved in a bar fight at a Hard Rock Hotel in the Dominican Republic this week ... TMZ has learned.

Sources involved in the situation tell us ... a couple of castmembers were hanging out at a bar inside the Hard Rock around 1:00 AM Wednesday morning when they got into a heated argument with a male patron.

We're told someone involved in the argument grabbed a drinking glass and smashed it over the man's head ... and the guy was hurt so badly, he needed immediate medical attention.

So far, it's unclear which cast members were involved in the fight -- but we're told Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo had been spotted at the Hard Rock that night.

A rep from Bravo had no comment on the situation.

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Housewives Leave NJ For Caribbean Getaway

The Real Housewives Of New Jersey are ditching their parkas for bikinis in tropical Dominican Republic-- and Radar Online has all the exclusive details of their getaway.

Leaving the frigid east coast weather behind, Radar Online has exclusively learned that the ladies of Franklin Lakes-Teresa, Caroline, Jacqueline, and newcomers Melissa Gorga and Kathy Wakile-- left for Punta Cana, Dominican Republic over the weekend for a family vacation with their house hubbies.

"All the housewives and husbands took off on Sunday for Punta Cana," said our source. "It's a fun trip with friends and family."

The reality stars also said goodbye to their kids for the week-long relaxing couple's-only getaway.

And fans of the hit Bravo show will hopefully see all the fun in the sun because it's that's being filmed for the upcoming season.

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Danielle Staub Fires Back At Teresa Giudice

Last month, Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice shockingly revealed that she "misses Danielle Staub." Seriously!?

The only person more shocked than us was Staub, who left the Bravo reality show after two seasons. She sat down with PopEater to set the record straight, adding that "the feeling isn't mutual."

"I am so happy with my life after leaving ['Housewives']. It wasn't funny to me. It was very painful," she tells PopEater.

Staub, who became known for her controversial on-screen catfights, has moved on with at least two reality shows in the works, including Social, her new Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous-like program.

"I'm really happy in my life," she says. "I have so much that I've just begun to do."

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Teresa Giudice: Max Azria Fall 2011 Presentation

Teresa Giudice of the Real Housewives of New Jersey attends the Max Azria Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 13, 2011 in New York City.

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