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The Actual Housewives of New Jersey‘s Lauren Manzo shared extra particulars behind the storage sale drama with cousin Lexi Ioannou, hinting at receipts and “document[ings]” that affirm her facet of the story. In the meantime, resurfaced posts present Dina Cantin’s makes an attempt to discover the household heirlooms that had been bought within the sale final fall.

In 2017, Dina’s ex-husband and Lexi’s former stepdad, Tommy Manzo, allegedly employed mafia troopers to rob and assault Dina and her now-husband, Dave Cantin. Tommy was arrested and later convicted in 2024, although a few of Lexi and Dina’s possessions had been nonetheless in his home.

Earlier this month, Lexi revealed in a podcast that she had requested her cousin Lauren to assist retrieve the objects throughout the storage sale. Lexi claimed Lauren “failed” her by not doing extra to get the belongings.

However in a current TikTok video, Lauren shared her facet of the story.

“That is one thing that I by no means needed to have to deal with,” stated Lauren. “A variety of you have got seen my cousin Lexi and a number of the issues that she had stated publicly. This isn’t a straightforward factor for me to discuss.”

“I’ll begin by saying that I like my cousin Lexi very a lot,” she stated. “She is the closest factor that I’ve ever and can ever have to a sister, and I nonetheless really feel that method. Now, you have got to keep in mind that that is each side of my household. So it’s my mother’s facet — that has prolonged household, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents — and my father’s facet. So the explanation that we don’t converse on it’s as a result of this isn’t nearly us. Me not saying something is as a result of there are grandmothers on each side, there are aunts and uncles on each side that didn’t do something to deserve the backlash.”

Lauren stated she’s now defending herself as a result of it’s “affecting my character,” and the details “will not be one hundred pc.”

“[Lexi] may come to me any day, any time, and I’ll put my coronary heart and soul into something that she had been to ask me to do – and I really feel that I did that,” stated Lauren. “I can’t even inform you the quantity of strain that I put on myself when she had referred to as me … After my uncle went [to prison], he was unable to name anyone, and we might not have been in a position to name him. And the one purpose I keep in mind that is as a result of the one purpose I might ever name my uncle in jail can be for Lexi. We didn’t have a relationship with him earlier than he went away.”

“Being [in] the center of each side of the household, you don’t wanna consider that somebody would do one thing like that,” she stated, referring to the crimes. “On no account, form, or kind was I supporting my uncle, even earlier than Lexi had contacted me. You might have folks on each side of your loved ones that you simply’re simply making an attempt to perceive and wrap your head round this. And it’s wild.”

In accordance to Lauren, throughout her cellphone name with Lexi, she agreed to assist her. Lauren then informed everybody on each side of her household, who additionally agreed. However they weren’t allowed entry to Tommy’s home.

“The one purpose I used to be hesitant to go [to the garage sale] is as a result of I didn’t need to put their antennas up. I felt that if I went in … as a consultant of Lexi, that I might have been iced out … of any alternative to probably get into the home,” she said, noting that she has receipts for every thing. “That’s why I didn’t need to go myself. I needed somebody to go and take a video. As soon as we had a video, then we are able to go in and do what we wanted to do.”

At this level, the home didn’t belong to anybody within the household.

“As soon as I went there and made it clear that I used to be there for Lexi … [The people who had access to the house] wouldn’t go close to me or my mom with a 10-foot pole,” stated Lauren. “These those that had this storage sale will not be good folks … [I] walked in, I recorded each attainable factor that I may … My mother stated, ‘I’ll purchase every thing.’”

“That they had informed me, ‘Nicely, your cousin simply referred to as us and principally informed us to go F ourselves,’ and this and that … I used to be met with a whole lot of resistance and lies and foolish feedback,” she stated. “Then I used to be kicked out. I used to be informed to go away the property.”

Lauren stated she then referred to as Lexi and defined what occurred. Lauren additionally burned bridges with a number of relations as a result of she tried to assist her, however she stated she would “do it once more.”

Across the identical time, resurfaced Instagram posts present Dina’s previous makes an attempt to reclaim the misplaced objects.

“If anybody shopped a storage sale yesterday 11/2 on Rose Terrace (off Valley Rd) it was most certainly mine and my daughter’s objects that had been stolen from us,” Dina wrote on the time, by way of @rhonj_fact_vs_lies_ on Instagram. “Please DM myself or @bohochicken images and if it’s one thing of sentimental worth we’ll purchase it again from you. 🙏 Please share this message!”

In one other submit, Dina revealed that the sale included “treasured objects that had been handed down from my mom.”

“That is such a private violation,” she stated. “And the damage is unimaginable for each of us.”

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