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Teresa Giudice’s husband, Luis Ruelas, has drug her former Actual Housewives of New Jersey co-star, Kim DePaola, into his ongoing authorized battle with former fiancée Vanessa Reiser.
Years into the previous couple’s back-and-forth, which has included restraining order requests, monetary drama, and claims of controlling conduct, Kim, 64, discovered herself in the course of an argument involving not solely a possible violation of a previous deal but additionally concerning Vanessa’s counsel.
In keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by Us Weekly on August 14, Vanessa alleged that Luis, 50, accused her of discussing him with Kim, and denied wrongdoing.
As RHONJ followers could recall, Luis’ authorized battle with Vanessa started in late 2020, after the exes known as it quits after two years of courting. On the time, Luis filed authorized paperwork towards Vanessa, demanding she return the $135,000 four-carat engagement ring he purchased her and requesting that he be granted a short lived restraining order that might hold her from utilizing their joint bank card and any of their joint funds.
As Luis acknowledged, he supported Vanessa financially throughout their relationship and paid 1000’s of {dollars} price of deposits for his or her would-have-been wedding ceremony. The couple additionally purchased a $1.7 million residence, which he spent cash renovating.
In response, Vanessa filed a counterclaim, stating that Luis was controlling and harmed her skilled life as she sought her personal restraining order however was shot down.
Whereas Luis and Vanessa finally got here to an settlement in July 2020, which noticed the engagement ring being returned to Luis and ordered them each to chorus from making derogatory statements in regards to the different, Luis filed further paperwork towards Vanessa in October 2024, alleging that Vanessa had violated the deal by trash-talking him on social media, which her lawyer denied.
“Each exhibit [Ruelas] has used to allegedly set up a violation … and to determine and alleged contempt, has been refuted and disputed by [Reiser]. Certainly, there is no such thing as a proof to determine she violated the consent order; neither is there any proof that [Ruelas] was broken in any manner,” the legal professional acknowledged.
Luis then demanded that certainly one of Vanessa’s attorneys, Douglas Anton, be faraway from the case, arguing that he had represented Kim prior to now, which was a battle of curiosity.
“The moral issues surrounding an legal professional who’s caught between conflicting loyalties — particularly, his obligation to Defendant Reiser and his prior attorney-client relationship with Kim Depeola — undermine the equity of the proceedings,” Luis’ legal professional defined. “Given Mr. Anton’s prior illustration of Kim DePaola and his ongoing involvement together with her in knowledgeable capability, there is no such thing as a query that his continued illustration of Reiser is impermissible beneath each moral and authorized requirements.”
However in his personal assertion, Douglas advised there was no proof of how his previous illustration of Kim would impression the case.
“Whereas I definitely do recognize the priority, that is merely not the case because the illustration of Ms. DePaola prior to now on the issues for which I’ve represented her, on no account impacts the present illustration of defendant Reiser. In truth, it was Ms. DePaola who first referred defendant Reiser to me for me to signify her towards plaintiff Ruelas years in the past when he was unjustly attacking her,” he acknowledged.
In her personal declaration, Kim defended Douglas, revealing that she’d recognized him for greater than 15 years and stating that no “confidential” data existed that might inhibit the case.
“There isn’t any purpose I can fathom that Doug must be disqualified from this case,” Kim stated.
Luis’ request to have Douglas eliminated was denied on August 7.
