While it is popularly believed that stars like Danielle Staub would like every aspect of their lives captures on camera, apparently it is not true. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star fought for and got a restraining order to prevent an ex-boyfriend from peddling a sex tape of the duo.
The ex-boyfriend in question, Stephen Zalewski, has been ordered to gather up all videos and explicit photographs he may have of Staub and appear in court July 21 for a follow-up hearing. He was not present in court when this order was passed.
The Real Housewives star is also suing Zalewski for defamation, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress. She claims that she didn’t even know the tape existed until he was quoted mentioning it in a Star magazine article.
“She cost me so much money, why shouldn’t I make a few dollars?” Zalewski told the magazine, according to the lawsuit.
“It sickened me,” Staub told State Superior Court Judge Thomas F. Brogan in court today.
Outside the courthouse, she told reporters that she felt Zalewski was trying to embarrass her and, even more inappropriately, her two daughters as punishment for breaking up with him.
“This is about my kids,” Staub said. “I’m a big girl. Do what you want to me. But you broke bread with my children. Don’t do this to me. No adult should ever do this to a child.”
Her attorney, Darren Del Sardo, said that Brogan also plans to refer the matter to the county prosecutor’s office because videotaping a person having sex without his or her consent is a crime in New Jersey.
