****UPDATE 6/2/09 - I finally got my paws on a copy of Cop Without A Badge and I’m posting up excerpts here!
Bravo did some explosive foreshadowing on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey by showing a scene from next week’s episode in which Danielle Staub reacts to a photo in the book Cop Without A Badge
Thanks to the research of Vicki Hyman at the Star Ledger, some of the mystery has been cleared up. The controversy is over whether or not Danielle Staub is Beverly Merrill in the book, which claims to be the true story of criminal-turned-informant Kevin Maher.
According to the book, Merrill was with a drug dealer who kidnapped and beat up a kid that owed him a large sum of money. The dealer later hit up the kid’s father for ransom and the couple was arrested. Merrill pleaded guilty to extortion and received five years probation. It was during the time that Merrill was out on bond that she meets Maher at a Miami drug party: “She was brunette. Long, perfectly shaped legs poked out of her leather hot pants just as provocatively as her braless breasts strained against her low-cut blouse.”
Here’s Beverly Merrill’s mugshot from the book – you can decide for yourself if you think it’s Danielle. (It’s hard to tell with everything she’s done to her face – kinda like looking at a photo of a young Michael Jackson – Click on the image to see a much larger version)
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I know some many women in my town who have “gone into hiding” for a month emerge, only to not look like themselves. It’s a total joke! I live in the same town as Teresa. We have our share of tanners and peelers, tweekers and skeamers. These women are unbeliavable! And not many of them actually work. To be a working woman in this town is to be in the minority, and believe me, you are not respected. I work for the future of my family and children, not because I have to! That’s the funny part. If they only knew I coudl actually spend my money on Versace and Vuitton, … what a waste.
is sandra bullock her sister for real?
Unless another book surfaces that says otherwise, Danielle Staub IS NOT Sandra Bullock’s sister. That being said, who knows what will happen in season two?
I honestly do think it is her. Even with all that work done on her face you can still tell that is her in that mug shot. If it is true, I think she should not even be allowed to have her kids. This isn’t anything to play with.
I skimmed over this post because there are spoilers in it for me. ..trying to wait until Tuesday night so I can get the full shock effect when the sh*t hits the fan!
Anyway, poor Danielle. I call her “the one with the unfortunate face”. Because that’s truly what she has. It’s so f’d up beyond repair that there’s just no turning back. Just like MJ!
She is in for one bumpy ride when this secret (whatever it is…i didn’t read it!!) comes out on the show. i can’t wait!!
I think in the next week’s episode, Danielle will confirm that it is her. There was a scene that said something like “no one knew about that book.” Except for Dina, that is.