Teresa Giudice and Husband Luis Ruelas Hit with $3 Million in Tax Liens

Teresa Giudice previously served an 11-month sentence in prison in 2015 for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud

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Liza Esquibias

Published on March 24, 2025 06:14PM EDT

Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas are several million dollars in tax debt.

According to records obtained by PEOPLE, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star and her husband have been hit with over $3 million in tax liens, with Teresa owing $303,889.20 and Ruelas owing nearly $2.6 million.

This comes three months after Ruelas was issued another lien for $163,523.94 in December 2024, which the New Jersey Courts website shows is still an open case.

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The reality star, who tied the knot with Ruelas in 2022, previously served an 11-month sentence in prison in 2015 for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud. She has addressed her incarceration several times, saying the courts wanted to “make an example” out of her.

“I know in my heart I was not supposed to go there. I know I only went because I’m in the public eye,” she said in 2022. “Listen, I’ll shout it out to the world. I signed two contracts that Joe was flipping [for] two homes he was buying. That’s all I did. I knew nothing about what he was doing. I mean, I have nothing to hide. Like, I did my time already, you know?”

Her ex-husband, Joe Giudice, also spent time behind bars for the same crimes, completing his 41-month sentence in 2019. When he was released, the pair separated after 20 years of marriage, and Joe moved to Italy following a deportation battle.