The Joe Giudice prison threat looms as the RHONJ 2013 season premieres tonight. But Passaic County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Jay McCann wants Joe in prison, not on TV. In August 2012, Miles Feinstein told Superior Court Judge Greta Gooden Brown that his client was ready to go to trial. Joe Giudice agreed, appearing in court wearing blue jeans at the time.

But that trial didn’t happen in 2012. Rather he is now heading to a July 15, 2013 trial date. “We are happy that a trial date has been set and we look forward to Joe being exonerated,” Miles said in a recent news statement.

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For two years, the state has offered Joe a reduced sentence, but requiring him to spend time in state prison. Now if found guilty, he could face ten years in prison. He has been offered four years, which he has rejected.

“Today [April 1] the state offered him NJ State Prison, and we rejected that offer,” his attorney Miles Feinstein said in a recent statement to in Touch. “Instead, we set a trial scheduling hearing for May 28, since we’re rejecting the new plea offer.”

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Joe has previously briefly served time in jail after he was arrested for driving with a suspended license. Giudice’s current criminal problems, however, stem from his application to the local DMV. Giudice lost his license during a DUI conviction. After he was arrested for allegedly attempting to used fake information at a local DMV for a driver’s license.

Giudice allegedly took taking his brother’s Pietro Giudice’s marriage and birth certificate to allegedly get a fraudulent driver’s license at the Paterson, N.J..

Giudice is purportedly facing two charges, the first being the more serious. The second carries a possible ten year prison term if convicted. A fourth degree charge carries only an 18 month jail term if convicted.

The case stems from Joe’s actions three years ago. First in January of 2010 he was arrested and later convicted of a DUI offense. He then learned his license was suspended. Fans of RHONJ watched as Joe opened a pizzeria during that time. But in one week of working at the pizzeria, Joe drove with a suspended license. He was arrested again. Giudice went to jail inside Morris County at the time.

Then began the alleged events which rose to the current charges. Police claim that Joe – with a suspended license, jail sentence and DUI convection – took his brother’s Pietro Giudicie’s marriage and birth certificate to allegedly attempt to get a fraudulent driver’s license at the Paterson, N.J. DMV.

So what will happen if Joe heads to prison? Multiple unconfirmed reports claim that Bravo may send Teresa and her children into a spinoff while Joe is gone. Other reports claim that Teresa may pen an autobiography about the matter as well.

Teresa quickly called the divorce allegations false Wednesday. She issued a news statement just moments after the Enquirer story broke. “Sorry tabloids, Joe & I are not getting divorced, now or ever! The only thing the Natl Enquirer is good for is lining a bird cage.”

Joe Giudice may or may not heading to prison if he is convicted in his criminal trial. But despite that outcome, Teresa, so claims the Enquirer, has allegedly already decided to divorce Joe. “Teresa will leave Joe regardless of the outcome of his court case”.

Countless reports have claimed the Teresa will be getting a Bravo spinoff with her daughters if Joe goes to prison. Bravo and Teresa have yet to confirm the same.

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