After weeks of mounting tension between Danielle Staub and sisters Caroline and Dina Manzo, all hell broke loose on the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion show on June 25. Caroline accused Danielle of doing something so horrible, l she could never forgive her. Danielle blogged on BravoTV.com that all she’d done was “pass along a phone number to [Dina’s ex-husband] to contact the proper people,” but Jacqueline Laurita – who’s married to the sisters’ brother Chris – tells Life & Style exclusively that what Danielle did was far worse.

“I don’t think it was something as simple as giving a phone number out, but leave it to Danielle to try to downplay her whole dirty deed,” Jacqueline says. “She’s an angry, bitter person. She felt Dina rejected her, so she went out to destroy her!” While Jacqueline wouldn’t get into the specifics of the incident—claiming “innocent people” would get hurt—and insider tells Life & Style, “Danielle was trying to harm Dina by giving her ex-husband a phone number that might give him leverage in the custody of their daughter, Lexi.”
All this drama should make for an explosive second season, which, Life & Style reported exclusively, is set to start shooting in July. But Jacqueline says she refuses to do any scenes with the family nemesis. “I certainly won’t be filming with Danielle or wanting to talk about her. She’s a closed chapter in my life,” says Jacqueline, who welcomed son Nicholas on June 11. “I’d love to see more happy and fun family scenes than Danielle drama.”