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‘Real Housewives’ husband, Joe Giudice, gets reprieve in deportation fight

The husband of one of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast members has won a reprieve in his battle to avoid deportation.

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, from the television show "Real Housewives of New Jersey", stands during a hearing in the Passaic County Courthouse in Paterson, N.J. A federal court ruled this week that Giudice can stay in the U.S. as his appeal progresses. Giudice and his wife, Teresa, pleaded guilty in 2014 to financial fraud. Teresa Giudice served her sentence first and was released in December 2015. In an order published Wednesday, May 22, 2019, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia delayed Giudice’s deportation. (William Perlman/NJ Advance Media via AP, Pool)
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, from the television show "Real Housewives of New Jersey", stands during a hearing in the Passaic County Courthouse in Paterson, N.J. A federal court ruled this week that Giudice can stay in the U.S. as his appeal progresses. Giudice and his wife, Teresa, pleaded guilty in 2014 to financial fraud. Teresa Giudice served her sentence first and was released in December 2015. In an order published Wednesday, May 22, 2019, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia delayed Giudice’s deportation. (William Perlman/NJ Advance Media via AP, Pool)Read moreWilliam Perlman / AP
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The husband of a "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member has won a reprieve in his deportation battle.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled in an order published Wednesday that Joe Giudice (joo-DEE'-chay) can stay in the U.S. as his appeal progresses.

Giudice and his wife, Teresa, pleaded guilty in 2014 to financial fraud. Teresa Giudice served her sentence first and was released in December 2015.

A judge ruled in October that Joe Giudice would be deported to his native Italy upon completion of his prison sentence.

A group of more than two dozen former immigration judges had filed a brief in support of his appeal. The court is expected to issue a decision within a few months.

Giudice has said he came to the U.S. as an infant and wasn’t aware he wasn’t an American citizen.