At Last! Melissa Gorga's Strip Club Past Revealed: Former Boss Tells All
May 29 2015, Published 11:40 a.m. ET
Joe Giudice's recent date with a strip club vixen stunned fans of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. But his betrayal of wife Teresa wasn't the most shocking aspect of the entire incident: RadarOnline.com has learned that the owner of the club where he met the younger woman once employed his sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga!
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As RadarOnline.com reported, Joe met 27-year-old stunner Samary Graulau at Breathless Gentleman's Club in Rahway, New Jersey, and took her out on a date in Newark back in April. The owner of Breathless confirmed to RadarOnline.com that he is close to both Joe and his extended family — including Melissa!
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"I know the family well," the owner told RadarOnline.com. "They're friends. Joe Gorga has done some work for me. He's a good guy. Melissa worked for me!"
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"She worked as a bartender at one of my other venues," he said.
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"You know the story," since it played out on RHONJ, he said.
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"She never danced" he insisted.
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"She was just a bartender," he said, like Joe's girl Graulau.
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A rep for Gorga previously addressed her R-rated past when her fellow housewives accused her of stripping on the show back in 2012.
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"I know for a fact Melissa worked at Lookers Gentleman's Club," Kim DePaola said at the time.
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Gorga's rep confirmed at the time, "Melissa worked at the club behind the bar, not as a dancer."
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"She worked one day a week for almost a year," the rep said. "She has nothing to hide."
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In fact, "Joe Gorga went to the bar a few times to see Melissa," the rep said.
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According to reports, she even has a sworn affidavit from the club's owner, Chris Kontos, that states she was only a bartender and nothing more.
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In fact, New Jersey state law prohibits topless or nude dancing in establishments that serve alcohol.
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But Joe's vixen Graulau often wore seriously skimpy outfits to tend bar.
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Today, Gorga is a happily married mom of three.