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joining us. they were the kung and queen of reality show excess. but tonight, teresa and joe giudice face a new harsh reality after finding out they're both headed to prison. on tv, they seemed to have it all and they weren't afraid to flaunt it, which is precisely what landed them in hot water again today, as the judge handed down her sentence. orange is the new jersey. >> you stupid [ bleep ] -- >> she's best known for throwing tables on "the real housewives of new jersey." tonight, the tables are turning on teresa giudice. >> mommy deals with everything. >> like, i obviously know what's going on. i'm old enough to comprehend and understand what's going on. >> reporter: both teresa and joe pled guilty tolt multiple charges of loan and bankruptcy fraud. but today, just before sentencing, the reality star begging for no jail time, sobbed, saying she was in deep depression and humbled by the experience. >> she spoke to the court in a

shaky voice and at times sobbing, saying that, i'm finally realizing what it is that i've done, i need to wake up, i need to take responsibility. >> reporter: teresa even claims she no longer cares about handbags, after being seen on the show house hunting with this $2,000 valentino purse, just a few weeks ago. today, a more remorseful former real housewife. but the judge was unmoved. sentencing giudice to 15 months, saying, my gut tells me teresa giudice deserves to be in jail, after she completes her time, her husband joe will take his turn, serving a 3 1/2-year sentence. >> she was never conferenced that teresa, until her statement to the court, actually realized the enormity of what she did wrong and what she was facing. >> reporter: for their four young children, those sentencing add up to nearly five years of single parenting. earlier this year, teresa opened up exclusively to my colleague, amy robach, about how the

charges were affecting her family. >> i'm a role model for them. i can't just be upset and curl up in a ball and just go in a room and lock the door. >> reporter: when the door is shut, and they are in bed, do you get to do that? >> yes. and i do that. >> reporter: in the reality show bubble, they seemed to have it all. the lavish parties, the flashy home and a loving family. >> i love you. >> reporter: but beneath the shiny exterior, a different reality. they were charged with timing false w t-2s for teresa. and for joe, tax evasion, too. to the tune of more than a million dollars. putting the true cost of fame into sharp perspective. >> the fact that she's a celebrity, as the judge said today, played no role in what her punishment was. but we do believe that it's important that you can see from a number of people who are here covering the story that when someone like teresa giudice are investigated, prosecuted and sentenced for these kinds of white collar crime, it does send a message.

>> reporter: abc's ryan smith says the judge's sentence steered clear of fame. >> she wants to send a message of, just because you're a big star doesn't mean you can avoid prison if you violate the law. teresa asked, in that courtroom, maybe i can serve house arrest, i want to be there with my four daughters. but the judge, even though she acknowledged she was thinking about something like that, she said, no, you have to serve the time if you commit the crime. >> reporter: the giudice's first round of legal troubles, putting everything in jeopardy. >> things happen in life and now mommy and daddy have to deal with it the best we know how. i just don't want you and your sisters, you know, to be affected by it. >> reporter: showing the real housewife like she's never been seen before. >> i hate us being on the news. well were on, like, every single channel. it's like, i hate seeing that. so, i do cry myself to sleep sometimes. >> babe, we are human, you knoll what i mean? >> this family cannot function

without you. and despite what people say, this is not going to be our last christmas together. >> reporter: it's a humiliating reversal of fortune for a family drenched in opulence. now, the gee defamily scramblin to sell their home. the price tag? just under $4 million. a temple of excess, falling victim to their harsh new reality. also on the market, their vacation home on the jersey shore, which they're listing at a loss, for $315,000. trying to move quickly with the clock ticking down. and so that's when the emotion racheted up in the courtroom. the judge was really angry at them. >> the judge pointed at teresa at one point and said, you don't have respect for the law. i'm not convinced. i truthfully don't know that you know what you did was wrong. and that factored into her sentence. at one point, the judge said, i was prepared for probation, but then, once she realized that teresa didn't come clean on her

financial disclosure, she said, you merit incarceration. >> reporter: the judge handed down a life lesson from the bench. it may seem trivial that she was seen in social media carrying a $2,000 purse and yet, that kind of, you know, sort of opulence weighed heavily on the judge's sentence. >> the judge wanted to make sure that teresa understood that what built her financial empire or what built the ability to get the handbags and the cars and the nice house, was all based on a fraud. >> reporter: but the judge did describe the couple as clearly loving parents and is allowing the parents to spend christmas holidays forever, before teresa trades in her designer duds for clinker couture in early january. yet, the family's long-term future remains uncertain. after joe serves out his sentence, he may be facing deportation back to his native italy. >> joe's serving 41 months in prison and while he may end up serving part of that term, he

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think about it. quick, efficient? these are not words usually associated with divorce. but tonight, one enterprising business claims they're bringing an end to all those contentious and costly drawn-out battles. it's called the divorce hotel. couples check in as a pair and check out single. lawyers and mediators standing by to help them cut the cord in just two days. can it really be so clean and easy? here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: it has all the perks of a romantic getaway. champagne. serene atmosphere. >> i love the trees. >> reporter: but this is no celebration. at this hotel, you check in married -- >> i don't think so. >> reporter: and check out divorced. jonathan and katherine have signed up for a new program that's taking place at this idyllic hotel. where, in only two days, they will untangle their 20-year

marriage with the help of a mediator. >> we don't want to fight. we get along. we wanted to show our kids that no matter what, you can get through this without fighting. >> reporter: the concept, divorce hotel, originated in the netherlands and has its own reality show. how did you come up with this idea for divorce hotel? >> i found out divorces are always the same problem, you never know when it ends. you never know what it costs. that was the moment, i thought, just think about something to make it easier. >> reporter: divorce costs americans tens of billions each year. and it's not just celebrities like madonna and mel gibson who pay out. the average divorce comes to 15 grand. a hefty slice of the american paycheck. but for couples who can actually agree to mediation, divorce hotel is much cheaper. charging anywhere from $3,500 to $10,000. for katherine and jonathan, the

fee was waived in exchange for allowing us to film. they spent the last 20 years building a life together in colorado. with their four kids, they seem to be living in domestic bliss. >> the marriage was great. we bought our first car together, we bought our first house together. >> reporter: but things quickly changed when jonathan began seeing more of his job and less of his family. >> i realized i am on my own and he's there, but he's not there. >> i started to make some, what i thought were pretty drastic changes in my life, but they're a little too late. >> reporter: katherine has filed for divorce. >> would it be on the website? >> reporter: but for the sake of their children and to avoid the financial blow, they remain in the same house. >> so, this is where my room is. i'm in here. and this is where jonathan's room is right now. >> reporter: almost 20 years and

three weeks to the day they were marri married, they're getting ready to head to the divorce hotel. >> what is it like looking at these now? >> reporter: 1,800 miles away in saratoga springs, new york, they check into separate rooms. and start unloading more than their luggage. >> he's always been at work. he's going to get a reality check what it's like being with kids and taking care of them by himself. >> i've been more nervous in the last 12 hours than i have before a lot of things in my life. it is nerve wracking. >> reporter: it's the next morning, and with mediation just moments away, we meet up with the couple for breakfast. i can imagine you didn't get much sleep last night. >> no, not at all. >> i actually slept really well. >> reporter: did you? >> i did not want to make up this morning, which is why i'm late. >> reporter: it quickly becomes apparent that the pain is still very real for jonathan. i have a feeling this isn't

really your decision. you would stale married. >> correct. >> reporter: that's probably the most difficult aspect. you wouldn't be here -- >> no, no. but at the end of the day, it's a decision that had to be made and we're moving forward. it's all we can do. >> reporter: you're respecting her wishes to move on. >> yes, you can put it that way, yeah. excuse me. >> reporter: no, that's all right. they're now on the clock. michel martin, a divorce mediator, will lead the couple through the intense and painful divorce process. >> we're here to get divorced. and so i wanted to make sure that was understood. >> this is not my yood of a vacation. yk they arrive at the first road block. cars. his is paid off. hers carries a $35,000 loan. >> you want to keep -- you don't want the truck? >> i don't know. >> i want to keep that truck. >> i'm picking up a debt on a truck that i think maybe should be sold. >> we didn't say you're picking it up. >> we use the truck for the kids. i cannot get rid of the truck.

i will get a job to pay for the truck. >> reporter: katherine will drive off with the truck and the debt. >> jonathan, you still look uncomfortable. >> i would like to -- >> you want to take a break? >> if we could. >> >>. >> reporter: you're not feeling so well? >> yeah, it's a lot harder emotionally than i thought it was going to be. my life is being dissected into a balance sheet. >> reporter: it's time to talk custody and jonathan's work schedule is a problem. >> if it is set for every other wednesday, i can keep chose days clearer. >> if you can't get out of work, well, you have to figure out something. >> that's kind of been our life. >> you just roped yourself into the same situation. >> that's what i do. >> i'm here to stop up from doing that. >> reporter: eventually, jonathan commits to having the kids wednesdays and every other weekend. but up next, an even more uncomfortable topic. future significant others. >> i don't think we need address that. i think that's not something we

want to -- >> we'll dreel wieal with it st up. >> reporter: they agree to not introduce significant others until they've been dating for a year. people look at your story and say, there's got to be more. something happened, somebody cheated, something happened. m but was it just as simple as you grew apart? >> we just grew apart. >> reporter: hours later at dinner, it's difficult to tell that this couple is getting divorced. >> for the first time in so many years, i'm seeing that the jonathan that i dated. how sad is that? it has to be when we're divorcing. if we didn't have any children, i would not take a penny from you. >> you're not taking anything. you're taking care of the kids.

turn it off. >> reporter: immediates a reset, the couple guns the next morning with a bike ride and breakfast. >> this breakfast is kind of like a last meal. this is it. we go upstairs and sign the papers. >> reporter: and after two grueling days, this is it. their forever after is about to end. >> you ready to go? ready to sign this? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes? okay. >> reporter: and with that, the divorcees head outside to let their single status sink in. >> toast to a new life, new future. >> beautiful kids. beautiful children. doing divorce hotel as opposed to attorneys, definitely the right decision for us. i'm looking forward to the future. >> there's a numb, painf fuful feeling in my gut.

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moonwalking at this year's billboard music awards. hi, david. >> hi, david. >> one of us is real. the other is an illusion. >> an old 19 century magic tr k trick. >> in theory, you could bring anyone back from the dead this way. >> or just have a conversation with yourself. >> but for famous people who died before the digitalage, who can decide whether they should rest in peace? virtual marilyn argues the monroe estate actually does not own her image. >> in fact, virtual marilyn argued in the lawsuit, using mar lun's own words, saying, i belong to the public, i belong to the world, i'm not interested in money, i just want to be wonderful. >> reporter: that wonderful image, a potential gold mine. ♪ diamonds are a girl's best friend ♪ >> reporter: or, in her case, maybe a diamond mine. i'm david wright for "nightline" in hollywood. >> thanks for watching abc news.

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[cheers and applause] today's first contestant once dined with the queen of england. she's hoping to leave today with the title [british accent] "duchess of millionaire." from new york city, please welcome julie kling. [laughs] yeah. how are you darling? yes. how are you? so nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> please. please make yourself at home. >> thank you, sir. >> [normal voice] oh, that was horrible. how did you get a chance to do that? i mean, the queen. >> i know, it's insane. i was studying at oxford university, and they had a lottery to dine with queen elizabeth ii, and i won the lottery. and so 150 other people and i-- i wasn't alone--got to go into the harry potter dining hall where they filmed the first harry potter movie, and to dine with royalty. >> wait, but better yet, i mean, you, like, studied at oxford. you're gonna know all these questions, right? >> yeah. studied abroad. just for a semester.