"You can have your opinions but in NJ assault is causing bodily injury. She can be actually charged with aggravated assault and battery. I cannot," she tweeted. "The only reason I haven’t is because I don’t want to keep reliving this. It doesn’t mean I can’t change my mind."
After the episode aired, Josephs shared her thoughts on the altercation with Staub.
"Happy New Year! I just want to check in & say while everyone is anticipating tonight’s episode it is very painful for me to relive. The energy that day frightened me & to this day it still does. I have never hit anyone nor did I after being pushed or being assaulted from behind," she tweeted.
She continued: "2nd part: what I did do after a half hour of a brutal back and forth with my personal space being invaded was to pour water on someone who was clearly looking to assault me and push me into a physical altercation. I have been told I deserved it, I asked for it.... I was attacked."
She added: "Part 3: a full 12 minutes after the fact from behind. My neck was snapped back, easily could have been broken. I could not defend myself. I could have been paralyzed. Everyone was crying including production. It was horrific. I wanted to forget move on . To this day devastated."
In the comment section of an Instagram post, Margaret shared additional details about her fight with Staub. "I didn’t cry assault that is exactly what it was. She came in looking to attack me and push me into a physical altercation for her to stay relevant. I purposely stayed away till confronted. Let’s remember who is full time cast member and who isn’t, there is a reason. The show went on and will go on with out her. She needs Teresa [Giudice] and me not vise versa. Her made for TV marriage along with her manufactured fake engagement hurt people I unfortunately introduced her too."
"I only wanted her out of my life after her wedding. She forced her way into a situation where no one wanted to be involved with her. Accusing me of breaking up her marriage is laughable. She can’t take responsibility for anything. She filed a restraining order against the man and accused him of abuse not only against her but her daughters. I guess I did that too. She is pathological, unstable and frightening. I tweeted to say how horrifying and frightening that day was. I said why I poured the water, I panicked, you were not there the feel the energy. We are all relieved it is over. No one is speaking to her. She continues to show her true colors by showing no remorse what so ever. My regrets are I tried to be a friend, truly cared for her and let my emotions get the best of me."
As for Danielle, she revealed during the show's After Show that she has no regrets about pulling Margaret's hair.
“When it escalated to her pouring water over me, I really just didn’t expect it. But I should always expect the unexpected with Margaret,” Danielle said, according to Reality Blurb. “She crosses every boundary of mine. People have asked me why I haven’t done anything to her sooner. It [wasn’t] in me but if you poke at somebody long enough… I was backed into a corner and I was done.”
“It made me feel happy. I felt happy. Everyone was in shock and I’m like, ‘Oh, that shocks you?'” Danielle recalled. “All of them, collectively, really are just the most disgusting, vile people ever. I would never be around a group like that again. And you know what? They should be very careful.”
So does Danielle regret her fight with Margaret? “Regrets? Hell no! My only regret is not doing it sooner!” she shared.
Danielle shared more details in the comment section of one of her Instagram posts about her altercation with Josephs. "Margaret carries this off camera as well and it’s been 21/2 years of her . She slapped my leg that day she attacks me the moment I arrived she speaks like an inmate on death row desperately trying to be the only one to be heard 🤷🏻♀️ she never ever shuts up! She caused my husband and I to divorce she calls Marty to talk about his and my privacy? Most definitely has entitlement issues and a complete obsession with me she’s been destructive violent towards me so I’m red wine in my face pushing at the poking at me screaming at me telling me I should kill myself . “The world would be better without you “ pushed @marty_ Caffrey in the pool ."
Staub also defended herself on attacking Josephs. "Margaret carries this off camera as well and it’s been 21/2 years of her . She slapped my leg that day she attacks me the moment I arrived she speaks like an inmate on death row desperately trying to be the only one to be heard 🤷🏻♀️ she never ever shuts up! She caused my husband and I to divorce she calls Marty to talk about his and my privacy? Most definitely has entitlement issues and a complete obsession with me she’s been destructive violent towards me so I’m red wine in my face pushing at the poking at me screaming at me telling me I should kill myself . “The world would be better without you “ pushed @marty_ Caffrey in the pool."
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