Score a legal rare victory for Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice, as a New Jersey judge has dismissed her as a defendant in a mortgage fraud lawsuit, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting.

Despite the legal break, her husband, Joe Giudice, still could be on booked for punitive damages in the case, which was filed against the couple by their former business partner, Joseph Mastropole.

The lawsuit alleges that Joe forged Mastropole's signature on mortgage documents on an apartment building they owned together. Mastropole's name was taken off the mortgage when Joe refinanced the property and didn't give him the $260,000 that the reality star owed his partner, according to the lawsuit.