RHOSLC’s Meredith Marks Doesn’t Buy That Secret Service Story

New Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis forged member Monica Garcia already has lots to say about Jen Shah, however Meredith Marks has some questions on her claims.

“I had by no means met Monica till the snowball day, and he or she got here off as high-energy, eager to have enjoyable,” Meredith, 51, completely advised Us Weekly on Wednesday, September 6. “She positively brings quite a lot of vitality, and I used to be cautiously optimistic.”

What Meredith doesn’t perceive, nevertheless, is Monica’s assertion that she spoke to a good friend within the Secret Service about Jen, 49.

“​​The very first thing that actually went by means of my head — and perhaps I’m lacking one thing right here — however the very first thing that occurred to me is that the Secret Service will not be the FBI, and to the most effective of my information, it’s simply presidential safety,” Meredith advised Us. “And I’m undecided what Jen did that has something to do with presidential safety. So, the entire thing simply appeared odd and didn’t add as much as me, to be completely trustworthy.”

In the course of the September 5 season 4 premiere, Monica, 40, stated that she met Jen lengthy earlier than her 2021 arrest and as soon as “stepped in to assist” her after Jen fired certainly one of her assistants. At that time, Jen allegedly provided Monica a manner to assist her make more cash.

“I keep in mind being so weirded out,” Monica recalled. “It was very weird. And I’ve a good friend within the Secret Service. And I known as him, and he stated, ‘Get the f–ok away from Jen Shah, she’s going to jail.’ And he or she was arrested two months later. And that’s how I grew to become a witness with the federal authorities in her trial.”

After initially pleading not responsible to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit cash laundering, Jen modified her plea in July 2022. As a situation of her plea settlement, the U.S. Legal professional’s workplace dropped the cost of conspiracy to commit cash laundering. Jen was sentenced to 6 and a half years in jail in January and reported to FPC Bryan in Texas one month later. In March, her sentence was lowered by one yr.

Jen’s incarceration means she’s now not on RHOSLC, however Meredith says her absence isn’t the one factor that makes season 4 totally different from its predecessors. “The dynamic shifted for certain. I imply, she’s an enormous character,” Meredith advised Us. “You’re going to see a change, nevertheless it wasn’t simply simply Jen being gone. It was Mary [Cosby] being again, Angie [Katsanevas] being full-time, Monica coming in. It’s quite a lot of transferring components. So, I don’t know that I can pin down what I’d attribute to Jen versus the rest.”

Meredith, for her half, is thrilled to have Mary, 50, again within the fold after her season 2 departure. “Mary brings such a humorous component,” she defined. “Mary makes me snigger. I imply, ‘The salad’s spicy?’ Come on, I’m simply dying. Simply the way in which she interprets and perceives the whole lot is unbelievable. It’s fabulous.”

The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi