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The reality star served 11 months
Teresa Giudice was released from prison Wednesday morning after serving 11 months, ABC News reports.
When the Real Housewives of New Jersey star pulled up to her home in Montville, N.J., a Lexus with a giant red bow was waiting for her in the driveway.
Giudice, who was in the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Conn., and her husband Joe were both convicted of wire and bankruptcy fraud. Teresa was originally scheduled to serve 15 months in a federal prison and will be on home confinement until Feb. 5, while Joe was sentenced to 41 months, which he will begin serving in March.
The couple was first charged in July 2013 with a 39-count indictment hat alleged conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud. Joe is also facing possible deportation after his sentence is served.
The Giudices' legal troubles were well documented on Real Housewives, but if you really want to get the inside story on Teresa's life behind bars, the reality star is writing a tell-all memoir, Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again. The book is scheduled to be released on Feb. 9.