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Andy Cohen has damaged his silence in the future after The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star Jen Shah pleaded responsible to the telemarketing fraud scheme she was initially arrested for in March 2021. “I don’t know the right way to really feel about this, Jen Shah pleading responsible,” the chief producer, 54, stated on his Sirius XM radio present, Radio Andy, per Web page Six. “All it means is she’s altering her plea.”
Andy additionally famous that Jen had simply gifted his 2-month-old daughter, Lucy, a gift, which made the sudden flip of occasions much more stunning. “I used to be like, ‘Jen Shah, with all the things you’ve got happening, that you simply thought to ship Lucy a present…’ I simply thought that was so good of her,” he recalled. Andy additionally has a 3-year-old boy named Ben.
Jen, 48, was arrested on wire fraud and money-laundering prices in relation to a telemarketing scheme she allegedly spearheaded together with her former assistant, Stuart Smith. They each pleaded not responsible, and Jen confronted 30 years in jail. Nonetheless, in Nov. 2021, Stuart flipped his plea and was sentenced to 72 months in jail with an extra 5 years of supervised launch. With the reported plea deal Jen now has within the works, she is anticipating to spend not more than 14 years in jail. It has additionally been reported that Jen will likely be required to pay again $9 million to the lots of of aged victims she defrauded plus an extra $6 million.
“Ms. Shah is an effective girl who crossed a line. She accepts full accountability for her actions and deeply apologizes to all who’ve been harmed,” Jennifer’s lawyer stated in a press release to Folks journal following her responsible plea. “Ms. Shah can be sorry for disappointing her husband, youngsters, household, associates, and supporters. Jen pled responsible as a result of she desires to pay her debt to society and put this ordeal behind her and her household.”
Simply hours after Jen’s responsible plea, it was reported that Bravo cameras will proceed to movie her for RHOSLC so her full story could be informed. “She’s had Meredith [Marks] and Heather [Gay] by her facet, who’ve been very supportive of their pal throughout a troublesome time. Clearly her authorized troubles haven’t been simple for Jen, not to mention making this choice to plead not responsible,” a supply informed Folks relating to the truth star’s scenario. The insider added, “Producers don’t need us to cease following it now. They’ll hold filming together with her so long as they will, identical to they did with Teresa [Giudice].”
