Luis “Louie” Ruelas was sharing inspirational quotes just hours before it was revealed he was sued for allegedly hacking computers in order to harass and abuse his ex-fiancée Vanessa Reiser.
“Be the energy you want to attract. Your vibe attracts your tribe,” the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star cryptically posted to his Instagram Story Tuesday morning.
Later that day, Page Six obtained court docs that allege Ruelas, 48, and private investigator Bo Dietl, 73, hacked into computers to dig up dirt on Reiser.
The pair are being sued by a group of lawyers who claim the duo illegally accessed sensitive information in their system.
Though his ex wasn’t named in the suit, one of the plaintiffs, Kevin Johnson, confirmed to the Daily Beast that the individual in question was Reiser.
The New York-based attorneys who filed the suit claim Ruelas, Dietl and their counsel sought out the information “with criminal, reckless, malicious, fraudulent intent devised to defraud.”
They went on to accuse Ruelas and Dietl of using “subterfuge, dissemination and other fraudulent pretext” to further what they described as a campaign of alleged “harassment and abuse” against Ruelas’ ex.
“[They] took [files] both private and professional in masse from those computers illegally accessed by the same,” they claimed in the suit, filed Monday.
The controversial reality star, who wed “RHONJ” OG Teresa Giudice in 2022, and his alleged accomplices are being sued for damages after allegedly violating the Federal Wiretap Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act.
Reiser was previously denied a permanent restraining order against Ruelas.
“The plaintiff previously testified under oath in court regarding his own conduct in this matter and was found to be not credible by the trial judge,” a source familiar with the case told Page Six of the October 2023 ruling.
“The court also found that the plaintiff had a bizarre obsession with ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey,’” the insider added.
“This is clearly an extension of that obsession. The court previously found that neither Bo Dietl or Luis Ruelas did anything wrong. This is beyond frivolous and will ultimately be dismissed by a court.”
A separate source connected to Dietl added, “Bo can’t wait to see the evidence that this confused individual has to prove any of what he alleges. You have a better shot of seeing the Tooth Fairy, but won’t, because neither exists.”
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Both Dietl and Ruelas have long denied any involvement with one another after fellow “RHONJ” husband, John Fuda, accused Ruelas of hiring Dietl to look into his past as part of an alleged smear campaign.
Though he boasted about his close relationship with the retired NYPD detective, Ruelas has denied Fudea’s claim that he was orchestrating an investigation.
Dietl, for his part, tweeted in May 2023, “I’m glad the truth finally came out — Beau Dietl & Associates is a professional investigation firm that has been in business for over 38 years.”
He emphatically added, “We were never hired by Luis Ruelas to conduct investigations on any of the Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
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