Real Housewives’ Tareq and Michaele Salahi sued for fraud

You might remember Michaele Salahi and her husband, Tareq from their unplanned arrival at a White House party in 2009, to which they were not invited. Michaele’s later attempts to court fame have all failed and now she’s also being sued for alleged fraud.

In May a woman named Emily McCallum earned a Master’s Degree and decided to celebrate with a tour of Virginia’s wine country, along with some friends. She booked the tour and paid the Salahis $1,235 for the trip – but then the problems began:

“She scheduled it with a company owned by the Salahis,” a friend shares. “They never showed up and Emily had to get another company. She’s been unable to get her money back, so I’m really glad she’s taking them to court.”

And Emily’s not alone – Several other wine buffs booked tours and claim they got cheated, but Emily is the first victim to press her claim in a courtroom.

“They promised we would be re-funded and they’d give us a gift certificate, but we heard nothing back from them,” Emily told reporters. “We’re not even fans, we just wanted to go on the wine tour. After they bailed on us, we ended-up arranging our own as we didn’t want it to ruin my graduation.”

In a side note, Michaele also has the rare distinction of being dismissed from ‘Celebrity Rehab’ in March of this year because the producers found out she had no addictions, she just wanted the exposure.

And the story so far has an ending you just had to see coming – The case was due to go before a Judge in Loudoun County Court in Virginia at 8:30am ET today, but guess what – neither the Salahi’s nor their lawyer appeared, so the case had to be rescheduled for August 3rd.

You couldn’t make this stuff up…

HG