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Teresa Giudice‘s husband, Luis Ruelas, is below hearth on social media after a celebration planner known as out these behind the app Vivina, his newest enterprise enterprise, for failing to pay her greater than $300,000 for the corporate’s launch get together final yr.
Months after the Actual Housewives of New Jersey star, 50, one among his sons, two of Teresa’s daughters, Gia Giudice, 23, and Audriana Giudice, 14, and Gia’s boyfriend, Christian Carmichael, attended the occasion, the planner behind the bash needs to know the place her cash went.
In screenshots shared by Spouse of the Social gathering, through Bravo and Cocktails on Instagram, this week, the girl wrote a message to Luis straight, though she used the unsuitable username to tag him.
“[Luis Ruelas] how can we receives a commission?!” she requested, together with an occasion picture of Teresa, 52, and their blended household.
In different posts shared on the Story of Spouse of the Social gathering on Instagram, she featured feedback from different social media customers.
“Everybody keep in mind that large launch for Louie with Vinivia properly Louie hasn’t paid the ladies who put it collectively,” one particular person wrote. “She’s being silenced too however simply wait crew Teresa will label her loopy and obsessed too, it’s how they function.”
“How will you pay us the $300,000 [plus] you’ve owed us together with all the opposite distributors which might be ready?” requested one other message. “It’s been 60 days and lots of excuses.”
Then, in one other message shared by Spouse of the Social gathering, she included a screenshot of Vinivia’s Instagram put up in regards to the get together, which tagged her because the planner.
“When [Vinivia] says they will’t pay you as a result of their traders aren’t paying them,” she captioned the put up.
As RHONJ followers might recall, Bravo’s The Day by day Dish shared an article again in April about Luis’ new enterprise, revealing that Teresa’s kids had supported his “new [beginning].”
Across the identical time, Luis spoke out in regards to the mission.
“It is a reside streaming platform that’s being launched on April 4, 2024, solely for creators and influencers world wide,” he informed TMZ in March. “That’s what I do for a dwelling.”
Because the social media posts towards Luis continued, somebody wrote, “Louie Ruelas known as out for not paying 300k to an organization that helped launch his app Vinivia,” as they shared a clip of Luis speaking to TMZ about Vinivia.
It was additionally famous that Spouse of the Social gathering was “employed by Vinivia and has but to be paid $300,000 [plus].”
In the meantime, on Vinivia’s account, Luis will be seen selling the corporate.
“Augmented actuality and synthetic intelligence is one among our specialties right here at Vinivia. Bringing your followers and your audiences down a fantastic client journey with product placements behind you and so they might not appear positioned in different environments. Do it reside. Vinivia now. Let’s go!” he mentioned in a filmed advert.
Talking out in a prolonged video shared to her Instagram web page amid the drama, Spouse of the Social gathering admitted that the non-payment has been “actually tough”
“And this isn’t a dispute, to be clear, about distributors or a miscommunication or a line merchandise as a result of that’s a totally completely different factor than somebody having a contract and promising to pay for companies rendered and asking if they will delay the cost till Monday as a result of a wire didn’t are available,” she said. “I wish to be very clear that as this mission went on, every part was requested and authorised and I’ve every part to indicate that. This wasn’t a shock quantity. [Marcello Genovese] absolutely agreed and simply saved giving me excuses.”
In accordance with the app’s web site, Marcello is the CEO and co-founder of Vinivia. In the meantime, in keeping with a report from The U.S. Solar, Luis is the co-founder of Digital Media Options (DMS), which helped with the launch of Vinivia, and an “impartial contractor” of the app.
“I’m on the level now the place I lastly understand that they’re not going to pay me. It’s making me sick and I feel that furthermore, it was actually essential that I lastly spoke up as a result of I went backwards and forwards,” Spouse of the Social gathering continued. “I used to be informed to not. I used to be informed to not air out the drama as an organization however this isn’t drama. That is full fraud and this can be a few hundred thousand {dollars}. But there are lots of issues that Vinivia and Marcello are doing that they want cash for but he retains telling me cash is coming my approach. And there’s been fraudulent paperwork, there’s been cash returned. He did ship a pair small bank card funds however I do understand now that was simply to close me up and it simply actually sucks.”
In accordance with Spouse of the Social gathering, she discovered that Vinivia obtained Luis a brand new workplace at Avenue of the Stars and has been “hiring ladies,” all whereas owing her over $300,000.
“[They] had this big get together that they couldn’t afford at my expense,” she added.
The Actual Housewives of New Jersey season 14 airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.
