Real Housewives of Orange County star Lynne Curtin is having a hell of a year. The domestic matriarch was evicted from her home in August, and now she's skipping court appearances with her husband and earning herself an arrest warrant. Does something about "Real Housewives Star Arrested" sound familiar to you? That's because this happens all the time. After the jump, we investigate five different manacled stars of the Bravo franchise and decide whose crimes most endear them to us on a 1-10 scale. The competition is stiff.
Name: Lynne Curtin
Series: The Real Housewives of Orange County
Arrested For: Blowing off a court date regarding an unpaid $1.2 million settlement with a business partner
Charm Score: 0
Explanation: Oh, I'll be: rich, image-obsessed suburbanites holding out on a business payout? Just completely unexpected. Lynne's also the most annoying of the OC troop, so congrats to her on legally solidifying that stature.
Name: Kelly Bensimon
Series: The Real Housewives of New York City
Arrested For: Assault
Incident: "Punching her fiancé in the face, giving him a laceration under his left eye."
Charm Score: 0
Explanation: The six-foot-tall model's verbal sparring with Bethenny Frankel made my blood boil, but this actual abuse ventures well into the territory of "despicable." I can just picture the Bensimon snarl that ensued before the harried jackass lost her cool. I'm throwing my Skinny Girl margarita in her direction.
Name: Matt Keough
Series: The Real Housewives of Orange County
Arrested For: DUIs in 2005 and 2008
Charm Score: 0
Explanation: It wasn't enough that he looks like a grizzled Will Ferrell character -- Keough upped the ante by becoming a washed-up former baseball player who terrorizes the road. Well done.
Name: Slade Smiley
Series: The Real Housewives of Orange County (and Date My Ex: Jo and Slade)
Arrested For: Civil contempt -- allegedly concerning a refusal "to comply with court orders in connection with his [cancer-afflicted] son's medical insurance."
Charm Score: 0
Explanation: That about says it all. No, wait, this does.
Name: Danielle Staub
Series: The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Arrested For: Extortion, kidnapping, drug possession, perhaps intention to distribute drugs
Charm Score: 1
Explanation: Well, at least Teresa got to coin the term "prostitution whore." Honestly, I sort of want to be called one too.