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Jacqueline Laurita and her husband, Chris Laurita, have been ordered to pay a six-figure sum to their former attorneys.
After the Actual Housewives of New Jersey couple, each 55, failed to reply to a lawsuit filed in 2023 by the Seidman & Pincus LLC. legal professionals, who accused Jacqueline and Chris of failing to pay them for his or her illustration in a 2014 chapter case pertaining to Chris’ clothes firm, Signature Attire Group, a choose in New Jersey entered a default judgment towards them.
Based on an August 7 report from Us Weekly, the July 3 order requires Jacqueline and Chris to repay the $342,000 steadiness they owed to the attorneys, Mitchell Seidman and Andrew Pincus, in addition to $419,000 in curiosity, which totals $761,000.
Of their case towards Jacqueline and Chris, the legislation agency claimed to have offered the couple with “in depth authorized providers,” together with planning and conferences, courtroom appearances, and extra, and had despatched common invoices to them, which they by no means disputed.
“Over time, Defendants fell behind within the fee of charges and bills owing to [the law firm] pursuant to the Engagement Settlement, such that [the law firm] was compelled to request [permission] from the Chapter Court docket to withdraw from its illustration of Defendants within the Actions,” their lawsuit defined.
After Jacqueline and Chris’ non-payment, the attorneys requested to be faraway from their illustration in 2018, and the courtroom granted their request. 5 years later, they filed a lawsuit towards the couple, demanding they be paid what they had been owed, plus curiosity. Nonetheless, Jacqueline and her partner failed to reply — even after being served.
In response to the current judgment towards them, an insider near Jacqueline and Chris instructed Us Weekly that the quantity they’ve been ordered to pay was from a “very previous debt the place Chris seems like he was overfilled, however he’s within the means of negotiating a settlement.”
“They’re assured this will probably be resolved shortly,” the supply added.
Jacqueline Laurita was featured in a full-time position on the primary 5 seasons of The Actual Housewives of New Jersey earlier than taking over a “pal” position for season six and briefly reprising her housewife place for season seven.
