RHONJ’s Margaret Josephs on Filing Police Report Against Luis

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Margaret Josephs addressed the pizza drama between Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas, and Melissa Gorga and Joe Gorga on Heather McDonald‘s podcast on Thursday.

Earlier than admitting to submitting a police report in opposition to Luis, 50, after studying he was allegedly concerned in a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her model cope with Walmart, the Actual Housewives of New Jersey star, 57, revealed that she stored what she knew about pizza-gate to herself as she shared new particulars concerning the failed enterprise.

“I stored my mouth shut. And I knew all about it and Melissa and Joe mentioned to me, ‘Please maintain it quiet.’ And I didn’t wish to harm Teresa and Luis’ relationship,” Margaret defined on the August 15 episode of Juicy Scoop. “I used to be there for the entire thing and I used to be like, ‘I’m not gonna say one phrase as a result of it’s a brand new relationship and I would like their relationship to work out.’ So I used to be truly being an excellent buddy to Teresa.”

“I didn’t need the world to know what occurred and Melissa and Joe actually wished it to work out for them and so they’re like, ‘Overlook it. We’re gonna bury it,” she added.

In response to Margaret, she wished all good issues for Teresa at that time limit.

“She was a distinct individual then,” she defined.

Whereas Teresa, 52, and Luis had deliberate to enter enterprise on a pizza-based subscription service, they in the end pulled out of the thought, with Luis claiming to have misplaced $250,000.

Trying again on the moments when the deal fell aside, Margaret mentioned she and her husband, Joe Benigno, rushed to the Gorga’s house after Melissa known as her very upset that Joe was “having a freakout.”

“I heard the screaming. Luis was like, ‘That is to your sister.’ We’ll provide you with 5% of the corporate. Joe’s like, ‘I considered the corporate. It’s my nephew who’s importing the pizza ovens for you. You probably did all of this behind our again. You’ve ghosted our cellphone calls and now you’re gonna give me 5% of the corporate that was my concept? No, we’re not doing this,’” she revealed. “They’d modified the identify. It was gonna be Nonno’s and got here out Skinny Italian. They’d containers made after which Luis like, ‘Alright, we’ll provide you with 10%,’ and Joe’s like, ‘We’re not doing it.’”

“It’s so silly. They wrote gluten-free on the oven. Who writes gluten-free on an oven?” Margaret questioned.

After listening to what was taking place between the 2 {couples}, Margaret mentioned she instructed the Gorgas to “neglect it” and “simply let it fly.”

“And [Joe] was like, ‘It’s such a slap within the face.’ He was simply so harm. After which they had been like, ‘Overlook it. I’m gonna eat.’ And Luis was like, ‘I’ll eat the pizza ovens.’ I don’t assume it was $250,000. I believe that was a gross exaggeration,” she famous. “So that they agreed to not speak about it and I used to be like, ‘Tremendous. No person’s gonna speak about it.’ We went to filming. We’re like, ‘We’re not bringing this up.’ I would like her to be completely happy.”

Then, when filming started, Teresa began accusing Margaret of making an attempt to harm her on the heels of the leak of Luis’ Warrior video.

“Instantly, she begins accusing me. She received hyper-defensive,” Margaret shared. “[And] Luis received very aggressive with me.”

As for her police report, Margaret mentioned she contacted the authorities after somebody related to the partnership knowledgeable her that that they had been contacted.

“I used to be knowledgeable by somebody with the Walmart deal who signed an affidavit for me, I did file, that’s a truth, police experiences about that, about harassment as a result of I used to be like, ‘That is loopy.’ He employed a smear marketing campaign to try to smear my identify, mentioned he needs individuals to go after my Walmart deal, contact Walmart executives and say damaging issues about me,” she revealed.

“Even Bravo needed to shut one thing down that Melissa’s Previous Nostril did admit to. She was reaching out to sources saying issues about me that weren’t true,” she added.