LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Was Jacqueline Laurita a stripper and how did Jacqueline Laurita meet Chris Laurita? Last week, RHONJ asked if Melissa Gorga was a stripper on the reunion telecast. Now Bravo has ready a new reunion show and another cast member to defend baseless stripper allegations: Jacqueline.

Jacqueline Laurita and Melissa Gorga weren’t strippers. But as RHONJ reaches the bottom of the barrel this season, if it hasn’t already, Bravo this week brings out all the husbands and housewives to put another cast member on “stripper trial”. The allegations are clearly baseless and used to drum up television ratings. Viewers have not reacted well to utterly false teasers used to drive ratings. But who is to blame for the latest round of allegations?

LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Jacqueline Laurita’s son Nicholas has autism. Jacqueline Laurita opens up about Nicholas’ autism discovery in the new issue of PEOPLE Magazine. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star tells news that she and husband Chris just recently found out.

Laurita said that she began to grow concern when Nicholas turned 18 months. She said the son’s speech and motor skills began to regress. As mother already to Ashlee, 21, and C.J., 10, Laurita was unsure what to do now, and in the future, for Nicholas. “I worry about him being independent when he’s older” she tells PEOPLE. “I spend all my time researching what we can do for him.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Teresa Giudice and Jacqueline Laurita proved this week that RHONJ cast members love to talk about former cast members. Teresa Giudice and Jacqueline Laurita this week feuded about former cast member Danielle Staub one week after other cast members feuded about former cast member Dina Manzo.

Dina Manzo previously told news that she did not agree to have her name the subject of season after season of Bravo telecasts even after she left RHONJ. This week, Staub is drawn into the mix. While it remains unclear if Manzo and Staub are paid by Bravo to be the subject of storylines ever after their contracts have ended, the other cast members still can’t stop talking about them.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Jacqueline Laurita does not appear in this season’s Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion. But had Jacqueline appeared, several questions from Andy Cohen would have been about Jacqueline’s daughter Ashlee Holmes. Last night, while not appearing on the broadcasting, Laurita revealed to fans and news that everything is much better between her and Ashlee.

Part of the mess resulting from Jacqueline’s absence on the reunion show was the lack of updates about other people. Last night, Caroline Manzo told viewers Laurita chose not to appear during the telecast. Teresa Giudice slammed Caroline for speaking for Laurita, to which Caroline said that Jacqueline specifically told her to do so.

The reunion show for this season was taped while the Housewives were filming next season’s episodes. Taping for the next season became too contested for Laurita to make the Bravo reunion show.

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And while Caroline told viewers what happened to Jacqueline, no one was there to explain what happened to Ashlee and other people in Laurita’s life. Last night, Jacqueline gave news and fans the update they had hoped.

“Ashlee Holmes is doing great and lives in California and she is working” Jacqueline reported. “We support her emotionally, not monetarily.”

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Jacqueline this season was seen crying, scene to scene, about her conflicts with Ashlee. But last night, Jacqueline delightfully said “I’m proud of her.” Ashlee responded with “love you mama.” Ashlee also told fans “I love my aunt Caroline Manzo so much”.

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While Laurita and Holmes didn’t appear on the reunion episode, both tweeted about the show. Ashlee reveals to news that will be writing about the reunion episode in her newly launched website (not part of the bravotv.com website). “Stay tuned for my blog on the reunion episodes.” And while Ashlee is far away from Manzo-Giudice land, she certainly is not alone in Los Angeles. “I’ve been invited to a 1950s themed party at Seth MacFarlane’s house” she told fans this week.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Jacqueline Laurita has not quit Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Laurita has not been fired by Bravo. But Jacqueline Laurita is reportedly angering Bravo executives. Tonight the “where is Jacqueline” question returns as Bravo airs part two of its explosive Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion. Jacqueline Laurita will not in be in the broadcast, but is expected to Twitter the show.

Reports claim that Jacqueline Laurita committed two royal breaches of Housewives rules in recent weeks that has prompted anger from Bravo execs. First, Jacqueline Laurita has revealed several key storyline developments for next season. Second, Jacqueline Laurita refused to show up to this season’s reunion show taping.

What were the storylines? First, she claims that Melissa Gorga will confront a former boss from a job where female “dance” for money. Gorga and the boss verified to news that Melissa never danced there. Laurita, however, believes the boss-Gorga encounter was a setup.

Second, Teresa will confront reports that her husband Joe has been allegedly cheating. Teresa and Joe have denied those reports. Among the reports were allegation that Joe has been having an affair with Davana Medina.

Bravo embraces its Housewives to tweet. In fact, Twitter wars  are part of the focus of the cable channel. But what erupted by Laurita and the Giudices recently is unlikely anything in recent memory.

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Tonight, Laurita will not appear in the part 2 reunion. That’s because she, clearly without Bravo’s pleasure, skipped the broadcast because of an alleged showdown. Just days before the taping, Teresa was allegedly claiming that Laurita sold the pictures and story about Joe’s alleged mistress to news.

Laurita online released a series of Twitter messages to Teresa denying those allegations. Among them was “Tell your husband I am not getting into your business and not to threat my husband. I didn’t take or release those pictures and I’m also not the one in them. I tried to stop them! … I was helping you!”

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And while Bravo has remain hush about the whole situation, Laurita is obviously doing the next best thing to appearing in tonight’s broadcast. She’s been tweeting her reaction to the reunion, live.

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During part one, Laurita tweeted her support for Caroline and Melissa, especially about the gold digger remark. Teresa claimed she didn’t call Melissa a gold-digger. “I’m speechless. She did call her a gold digger. They both did.” Then Teresa said she never told cast members not to film with Melissa. Melissa and Caroline said that was a lie. So too did Laurita online. “It’s true she told us not to compliment Melissa or tell her where we shopped or got our botox.”

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