Ronnie Oriz-Magro with Maria Emma
T’D OFF: Ronnie Oriz-Magro with Maria Emma, whose clothes-printing service he used to stock his Bronx shop. (Byron Smith)
“Jersey Shore” star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and his family are dodging a supplier who claims he owes her company $30,000 for stocking his Bronx clothing shop before its opening.
Maria Emma, who runs garment-printing service Embroidme, says that the star’s dad, Ronnie Sr., won’t pay the balance they owe for her work at Ronnie’s Shore Store — and that he sent two $10,000 checks that they canceled.
“They’re disgusting,” said Emma, who provided The Post copies of the canceled payments.
“I’m getting stop-payment checks. I can’t even write payroll checks to my employees.”
To stock the MTV star’s store in time for its May 19 opening, Emma produced more than 12,000 pieces of apparel, including T-shirts, sandals, bags, towels and water bottles tagged with the word “Smush,” Ronnie’s brand.
She completed the order in two weeks. Such a job would normally take three months, she said.
Ronnie’s clothes include spaghetti-string tops for ladies that read, “I’m done,” and T-shirts emblazoned with the advice, “If you don’t remember it, deny deny deny.” The threads cost $25 to $30.
“Rushed is an understatement. We didn’t sleep. We moved all of the products aside. We treated it like it was our own company,” said Emma, who produces inventory for DKNY, Martha Stewart and Yves Saint Laurent. “Everything was delivered months ago, and they’re making money off it.”
Ronnie Jr., who just finished filming the show’s sixth season in Seaside Heights, owns a third of the retail business while his family manages the line, sources said.
Ronnie’s spokeswoman, Juliana Goldman, said Ronnie’s team canceled the checks because they were unhappy with the service.
“The checks being referenced did not bounce but were canceled due to the poor quality of some of the shirts and the turnaround time promised not being honored,” Goldman said.