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06.01.2023 - 20:47 / usmagazine.com
Jen Shah got emotional as she apologized to her husband Sharrieff Shah, and their sons after being sentenced to six and a half years in prison on Friday, January 6.
“I am profoundly and deeply sorry,” the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star, 49, told Sharrieff, 51, Sharrieff Jr., 28, and Omar, 19, according to ABC reporter Aaron Katersky. “Reality TV has nothing to do with reality.”
The football coach and his sons sat behind Jen as Judge Sidney Stein sentenced to her 78 months in prison with five years of supervised release. Stein ordered Jen to report to prison on February 17.
Jen, who rose to fame after appearing in the hit Bravo series, made headlines when she was arrested in March 2021 alongside assistant Stuart Smith. Her former employee initially pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He later changed his plea to guilty.
The reality star, for her part, also shocked people when she changed her plea ahead of her trial. “In 2012 to March 2021 in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere I agreed with others to commit wire fraud,” she said during a June 2022 court hearing in New York City. “I knew this was wrong. I knew many people were harmed and I’m so sorry.”
At the time, Jen admitted that she knew what she was involved in was “wrong and illegal.” After previously facing up to 30 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s office dropped the second charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Ahead of her sentencing, Bravo executive producer Andy Cohen revealed he wasn’t sure if Jen would return to the network. “She’s being sentenced on [January 6], so I don’t know what to say to people who want her on the show,” Cohen, 54, exclusively told Us Weekly in
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Jen Shah is distancing herself completely from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and declined a one-on-one interview with Andy Cohen.
For the Bravo fans hoping for a one-on-one sit down between Andy Cohen and Jen Shah, we have some bad news for you.
Taking a pass. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah opened up about the choice to skip her interview with Andy Cohen following her January 2023 prison sentence.
Andy Cohen made an appearance on Who’s Talking To Chris Wallace? and his interview caused some waves with Bravo fans that he is now clarifying.
For the fans. Jen Shah is still offering Cameo video messages for $150 each, weeks before she begins serving her sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Andy Cohen is usually the one asking the questions but the tables were flipped when The Real Housewives executive producer made an appearance on HBO Max’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?
He didn’t plead the fifth! During a CNN sit-down, Andy Cohen got flustered and stumbled over his response when asked why he initially took Jen Shah’s “side” in her fraud case.
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Special conditions. Jen Shah will begin her 78-month prison sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in February, and the court has ordered her to undergo mental health treatment upon her release.
Weighing in. Jen Shah‘s Real Housewives of Salt Lake City costars were not the only ones with plenty to say about her prison sentence.
After getting emotional in court, Jen Shah stepped out looking solemn as she digested the news that she was sentenced to 78 months in prison on Friday, January 6.
Jen Shah has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison following her arrest for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, Us Weekly can confirm.
Jen Shah, star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, has been formally sentenced in the wire fraud case. Shah will be going to prison for 6.5 years, or 78 months.