Jen Shah who was arrested in March of 2021 on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, has pleaded GUILTY in court. The reality star initially entered a not guilty plea and vehemently denied the allegations.
Now on #RHOSLC, viewers saw Jen learn in real-time that something was awry. On the show, Jen was seen alongside fellow housewives boarding a bus to travel to Vail, Colorado for a cast trip. The ladies were joined by the production team who checked the cameras on the bus and prepared for the day's filming. While the cameras were rolling, Jen received a phone call from her husband, Sharrieff a.k.a. "Coach Shah" and she was heard asking him, "I need to go to the house?!" That's when things took a turn and the reality star asked fellow housewife Whitney Rose to turn her mic off so she could have a private conversation. After getting off the phone with her husband, Jen announced that to fellow housewife Heather Gay that she had "some bad news" and said her husband was hospitalized with "internal bleeding." A complete lie, obviously.
Jen Shah who's currently out on a $1 million personal recognizance bond, is actively engaging with fans on social media and thanking them for "not believing the hype." She also added that the entire ordeal taught her an important lesson about friendship.
Jen and Smith are accused of carrying out a wide-ranging telemarketing scheme that started in 2012 and continued up until this week where they would defraud hundreds of victims by selling those victims so-called “business services” in connection with the victims’ purported online businesses. Those victims many of whom were 55 and over were "sold" tax preparation and website design services, although "many victims were elderly and did not own a computer."