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'Real Housewife's' Morris County house on sheriff's auction block

William Westhoven
@WWesthoven

One of two homes in Morris County owned by "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice is among many county properties listed for a sheriff's sale in March.

Real NJ Housewives star Teresa Giudice's 16-room, 10,000-square-foot home in Towaco, a section of Montville.

Gudice, who recently served nearly a year behind bars for bankruptcy fraud, was released in December, returning to her lavish Montville mansion with a horde of TV crews following her every step.

SEE ALSO: `Real Housewives’ star Teresa Guidice released from prison http://dailyre.co/1OnfrOA 

Her husband, Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, who pleaded guilty to the same charges as his wife, is scheduled to enter prison in March to serve his own 41-month prison term, which was staggered with his wife's so at least one parent would be available to be with their four daughters.

The property up for auction on March 31 is a more modest home at 86 Pine Brook Road in nearby Lincoln Park. According to wire reports at the time, the couple bought it for $170,000 in 2005 to occupy while the mansion, located at 8 Indian Lane in the Towaco section, was being renovated, according to the couple's 2009 bankruptcy court filing.

The bankruptcy filing listed the value of the Indian Lane mansion at $1.7 million and the Lincoln Park property at $200,000. The Morris County Sheriff's sale listing for the latter home, which appeared in the Daily Record on Friday, listed the amount due on the property at $212,521.50. That amount includes prior liens plus interest, printer's fees, sheriff's fees and commission.

Reality TV star Teresa Giudice, of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey"

The home previously had been listed for sale at $222,265, in 2014, according to Realtor.com, but was taken off the market.


The couple also previously owned a Jersey Shore canal-front home in the Manahawkin section of Stafford, near Long Beach Island. That property was put up for auction by the Ocean County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 18, and was bought back by the mortgage holder, America's Servicing Company, for the minimum bid of $100 when no other bids were placed.

SEE ALSO: Teresa Giudice's Shore home sells for $100 http://dailyre.co/1pmI1Vx

Teresa Giudice is listed as a defendant in the sheriff's sale listing, along with various business entities. Joe Guidice is not listed as a defendant.

Following her release from prison, Teresa Giudice told ABC News that they were no longer in foreclosure on the mansion and "our restitution is paid off."

Staff Writer William Westhoven: 973-917-9242; wwesthoven@GannettNJ.com.

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