PARK RIDGE, N.J. — A star from “Real Housewives of New Jersey” is accused of falsifying “before” and “after” photos to promote her home flipping business.
Joe Gorga, the hilarious brother of Teresa Giudice, frequently shares photos of his home improvement projects on his Instagram account, including posts promoting his real estate seminars.
In a now-deleted post, Gorga shared a photo of a home she said she had flipped, writing, “Check out this resale worth $1.9 Million. It took me 6 months to rebuild this. Ripped out the roof and added a second floor. Should I move in?”
But Kaylee Svenson said the “after” photos were of her home in Park Ridge, New Jersey, which was never redecorated by Gorga.
“It was a new building … new foundations, new everything, built from the ground up,” she said.
Not only is the “after” photo not a Gorga project, but the house in the “before” photo looks the same.
The home sold a few months ago, according to Realtor.com, and Svenson said she reached out to Gorga on Instagram to ask her to remove the renovation posts, but didn't hear back.
“I felt like he was using our home to advertise his business…. That kind of mistake can't be tolerated,” she said. “You have to check the facts and make sure anything you put out there is true.”
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