Reality TV sometimes stretches the definition of “unscripted,” but there was certainly nothing scripted about any of these Real Housewives arrests. In the past three decades, many stars of the Bravo franchise have found themselves in handcuffs for a variety of reasons.

In perhaps the biggest legal drama in the franchise’s history, The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice spent 11 months in prison in 2015 after she and husband Joe Giudice pleaded guilty to multiple federal fraud charges the year prior. (Joe subsequently served a three-year prison sentence and was ordered to be deported to his native Italy in October 2018. They split in 2019.)

Teresa was hardly the first Housewife to run afoul of the law. Scroll down to read about other Real Housewives stars who’ve been arrest

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