'Real Housewives' Giudices Should Not Get Separate Trials, Prosecutors Urge

The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a strong objection Wednesday in U.S. District Court against Joe and Teresa Giudice's request to have separate trials.

Attorneys for "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars filed a request last week to have the couple tried separately so Joe Giudice could "exonerate" his wife without testifying at his own trial.

However, the U.S. Attorney's Office strongly opposes the request, citing identical charges, Joe Giudice's history of false testimony and "judicial economy," according to NJ.com.

"Such difficulty does not infringe upon a fundamental right, and it manifestly does not require the Court to hold two separate trials on identical offenses for the sake of preserving marital harmony," a portion of the objection reads, according to the article.

The trial is scheduled to start in April, after taping of the Bravo reality show's fifth season has been completed.

The Towaco residents pleaded not guilty in November to two new fraud charges regarding bank and loan application fraud. This brings their total of indictments up to 41 counts.

Joe Giudice also has other trials in 2014 for charges related to fraudulently obtaining a state driver’s license from the Paterson branch of the Motor Vehicle Office in June 2010 using his brother’s ID.  

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