The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star Jen Shah simply received a bit of extra time earlier than studying her destiny after pleading responsible to knowingly defrauding victims in a telemarketing scheme that she partook in for years together with her assistant, Stuart Smith.
In a brand new flip of occasions, Jen’s sentencing listening to has been postponed and moved from November 18, 2022, to December 15, 2022. In keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by Web page Six, United States legal professional Damian Williams filed a letter requesting the change in date, citing a “scheduling battle on the a part of a number of members of the Authorities workforce.” Choose Sidney H. Stein accredited the request on Thursday, October 6.
Jen initially denied all prices towards her, however she shockingly modified her plea to responsible throughout a shock court docket listening to in July. In the course of the listening to, Jen overtly admitted that she knew a lot of her victims had been aged, and she or he apologized.
“We used interstate telephone calls and emails. I knew most of the purchasers had been over the age of 55. I’m so sorry,” Jen confessed.
Jen’s legal professional, Priya Chaudhry, additionally launched a press release to PEOPLE, saying, “Ms. Shah is an effective girl who crossed a line. She accepts full duty for her actions and deeply apologizes to all who’ve been harmed.” She added that Jen is able to “pay her debt to society” and “put this complete ordeal behind her and her household.”
In return for pleading responsible, the U.S. legal professional agreed to drop the costs of conspiracy to commit cash laundering prices towards the RHOSLC star.
Jen faces as much as 30 years in jail for her crimes. Nonetheless, whereas in court docket, Jen instructed Choose Stein that she wouldn’t attraction her sentencing verdict if she obtained “168 months in jail or fewer”(summed up, that’s 14 years). She additionally agreed to “forfeit $6 million and restitution of $9 million” and admit that she knew her actions had been “unlawful.”
Jen’s authorized woes are enjoying out on the present season of The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis, which airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. EST on Bravo.
