The “stalking” allegation brought by Luis Ruelas’s former fiancée Vanessa Reiser against him has been dropped. Luis is responding to his court victory several months after Vanessa obtained a restraining order against the 48-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star, alleging he paid someone to spy on her. Vanessa maintains that the recent trial made her feel “vindicated.”
“The court not only dismissed Ms. Reiser’s complaint and denied her application for a permanent restraining order, but also found that she was ‘obsessed’ with Mr. Ruelas, continuously bothering him and his family,” Luis’ attorney, Marco Laracca, claimed in an October 27 statement to Page Six. “In essence, the court held that the filing of the restraining order was akin to a publicity stunt. Louie was completely vindicated today and looks forward to putting this all behind him. We thank the court for its lengthy, well-reasoned and factually-supported opinion.”
Meanwhile, Vanessa’s attorney, Douglas Anton, said she is “relieved” over the findings of their trial.
“We always wanted to protect her by bringing the truth about Luis’ offensive behavior to light,” he said. In fact, we were “obsessed” with proving Luis committed this intrusive act so that he wouldn’t do it again in order to protect her. Vanessa feels safe and fully vindicated after outing him for his rude behavior.
Fans of RHONJ may be aware that Luis dated Vanessa, a certified therapist, from 2018 to 2020, right before he started seeing Teresa Giudice, 51, whom he married in August of 2022. And following their breakup, Vanessa alleged Luis hired a private investigator to “spy” on her at work, in addition to accusing him of being hostile when he wasn’t allowed to have sex.
She was allegedly asked, “Do you still love Luis?” And, “How was it with your abuser?” She was also allegedly asked, “If [Ruelas] were to leave his wife [Giudice] and show any regret … would you want to be with him?”
While it was not shared what exactly “proved” that Luis hired someone during the trial, Vanessa’s lawyer said a CEO for investigator Bo Dietl issued testimony that “proved” he hired Bo to collect “information” — but not necessarily about Vanessa.
He also said Luis supposedly “gagged” witnesses, which gave the court “limited facts,” and that Luis “hid behind” the Fifth Amendment to not “incriminate himself.”
“While we stand firm that it was to harass, we shall have to wait for the truthful trial testimony of Bo Dietl’s and Luis’ agent on her criminal charges, for which probable cause by a judge has already been found,” Vanessa’s lawyer shared.
“Vanessa simply wants the whole truth to come out so that Luis stops,” he added.
Luis additionally spoke out through his and Teresa’s family attorney, James Leonard Jr.
“They lost, we won. That concludes the matter, period. James claimed that the judge “eviscerated” their case in addition to rejecting their point of view. In other words, the court determined that Vanessa Reiser lacked credibility, was not subjected to harassment by Mr. Ruelas, and was not the victim that she had been trying in vain to represent herself as.
Vanessa has “routinely and repeatedly violated court orders and has an insatiable obsession with Mr. Ruelas and Teresa Giudice that is fueled by a desire to promote herself, her business, and her false narratives at all costs,” the court “correctly” described her as, he continued.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 14 is expected to premiere on Bravo sometime in early 2024.