Margaret Josephs, Rachel Fuda, Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas. Shutterstock (4)
Drama on and off the small display. The Actual Housewives of New Jersey’s Margaret Josephs and Rachel Fuda are sharing their ideas on Luis “Louie” Ruelas’ ex-fiancé Vanessa Reiser‘s current restraining order in opposition to him.
“If she seems like she wants to guard herself then she has to do what she feels is true,” Fuda, 32, completely advised Us Weekly at Metropolis of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award luncheon at The Plaza in NYC on Thursday, June 8.
Reiser’s legal professional, Douglas Anton, completely advised Us on Wednesday, June 7, that Ruelas, 48 — who tied the knot with Teresa Giudice in August 2022 — allegedly employed an undercover plant by way of Richard ‘Bo’ Dietl’s personal investigation firm “to stalk, harass and in any other case seem as a ‘affected person’ of my consumer beneath false pretenses” in an try to “intimidate” Reiser, who’s a licensed therapist specializing in narcissistic abuse.
Provided that Ruelas and Dietl, 72, have a historical past and friendship collectively, Fuda mentioned she’s “not shocked” Reiser was ready to determine her pretend affected person was allegedly somebody who labored for the detective’s agency.
Josephs, 56, chimed in by stating, “I feel it’s very telling that Bo Dietl is now admitting that he has labored for Luis.” She added: “I feel it’s a tragic state of affairs that’s all I can say. It’s pathetic.”
Ruelas didn’t instantly reply to Us’ request for remark, whereas Dietl — who beforehand denied being employed by the Bravo persona to look into Giudice’s RHONJ costars — advised Web page Six earlier this week that any potential hiring of a personal investigator is confidential.
“So far as whether or not [Ruelas] employed us for potential personal investigations, that’s confidentially [sic],” Dietl acknowledged.
Anton advised Us on Wednesday that Ruelas ought to “fall on his personal sword, save his pal’s repute as a personal investigator, shield this younger feminine worker from having her credibility destroyed and admit he did this, give a authorized, non-harassing cause why and have his lawyer talk that to my workplace.”
He continued: “I’ll then talk about it with my consumer and whether it is affordable, and he or she feels snug sufficient with the rationale to allay her fears from this harassment and intimidation, even when she doesn’t like that he did it, I’ll suggest that she dismiss the TRO and this matter can conclude peacefully for all events.”
Previous to information of Reiser’s restraining order, Ruelas was named in a harassment lawsuit in opposition to his firm, Digital Media Options. In response to court docket paperwork obtained by Us final month, a lady named Juanita Williams is suing the enterprise for receiving a number of telemarketing calls regardless of being on their “Do Not Name” registry.
Williams additionally claimed that she upon answering one of many calls in September 2022, she was directed to an insurance coverage agent who allegedly advised her the corporate had generated her quantity as a possible gross sales lead. She is in search of $1,500 per telephone name. Ruelas and Giudice didn’t reply to the lawsuit or Us’ request for remark on the time.
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