Danielle Staub Set for Deposition in Defamation Case

Published April 11, 2016

Danielle Staub blows bubbles at Three-O Bubble Vodka launch party at Greenhouse in New York, Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP)

Danielle Staub may actually be taping something that isn't scripted next month, and it contains allegations of rape, gunplay and animal murder.

TMZ has learned the former "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star is set to spill her guts in a videotaped deposition in her bitter legal war with her ex-husband Kevin Maher.

As we previously reported, Maher is suing Staub for $5 million -- claiming she damaged his reputation by falsely claiming he killed her dog, raped her on a bed of broken glass and stuck a loaded gun into her genital region.

Staub has denied ever making those claims in the first place -- and argued that Maher's reputation is already so damaged ... that she shouldn't have to fork over a dime.