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If The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s table-flipping finale and the show’s subsequent reunion special didn’t satisfy your Danielle Staub fix, this ought to.

The Smoking Gun has unearthed a 26-page manifesto on Staub’s 1986 arrest, which was mentioned in Kevin Maher’s 1995 memoir, Cop Without A Badge.

Also known as “THE BOOK.”

Some of the highlights shedding new light on Staub’s coke-whore past:

Danielle Staub Makes a Stunning Announcement
  • When Danielle Staub was living in Miami in 1986, she worked as an escort and went by Angela Minelli. One of Danielle’s johns was Daniel Claudio Aguilar.
  • Daniel, of course, was a major cocaine dealer for the Colombian drug cartels. In June of that year, Daniel sold two kilos of coke for $48,000 to some guys.
  • Danielle’s neighbor, Carmen Centolella, brokered the deal. Before the deal was final, Daniel sent Danielle to Carmen’s pad with a kilo of coke for “testing.”
  • The dudes who were going to buy the coke turned on Danielle, stole the drugs and took off. Daniel blamed Carmen, beat his ass and held him for ransom.
  • Danielle Staub was in on the kidnapping and made several calls to Carmen’s father demanding $25,000 for his son’s life. Carmen’s dad called the FBI.
  • They traced calls back to Daniel’s apartment and they found Danielle. 
  • They arrested Danielle Staub and confiscated $16,000 cash and six kilos of coke.
  • They also busted Daniel. To save herself, Danielle turned on Daniel and agreed to work with prosecutors. She pleaded guilty to one count of extortion.
  • When Danielle Staub got out of jail, she received several threatening phone calls. One from a lady who said, “Your life is at an end, honey.” Danielle and the authorities both believed the threats were coming from Daniel’s people.
  • Danielle’s apartment was also broken into several times. During Daniel’s trial, his lawyers pained Danielle as a prostitution whore. So to speak.
  • Daniel was found guilty and sent to prison. He got out in 1994.
  • When Danielle came off of probation in 1988, a doctor asked the court to keep her in a rehab program due to her drug history and lifestyle.

Wow. Combine all this with offering oral sex to random strangers and you wonder why Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo don’t wanna be associated with her.