The ex-husband of a former star of the Bravo reality television show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” was sentenced to 7 years in prison for hiring, then assisting a mobster to assault his ex-wife's current husband,

Manzo’s ex-wife is “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Cantin and the case unfolded like a combination of reality television and “The Sopranos.”

The ex-husband of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo has been sentenced to seven years in prison for hiring a reputed mobster to assault her boyfriend in exchange for the defendant

The ex-husband of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo has been sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiracy, falsifying and concealing documents, and committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity.

Thomas Manzo, the ex-husband of a "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member, was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday after being convicted of hiring a man to assault his ex-wife's boyfriend.

You know, sometimes New Jersey gets a real bad rap. And well, sometimes, that rap is wholly deserved. Case in point, Thomas Manzo. The ex-husband of The Real Housewives of New Jersey 's Dina Manzo was sentenced to seven years in prison for the most New Jersey crime one could think of: he hired a purported member of the mob to beat up his ex's then-boyfriend/now-husband in exchange for throwing the attacker a lavish wedding reception.