Jen Shah is seemingly taking accountability for her function in an enormous fraud scheme that landed her 6.5 years within the slammer. Well, form of. In a new interview on the YouTube channel White Collar Advice, Jen revealed unique behind-the-scenes particulars about her messy authorized case. And fortunately for us, she began proper in the beginning.
When the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 2 trailer dropped, Bravo editors instantly pulled followers in by teasing the dramatic second when Jen was allegedly tipped off within the sprinter van. For followers of the present, this was when the information began spreading on-line. Immediately everybody wished to know what the reality was, and on the time, Jen declared her innocence. However, based mostly on her case’s conclusion, everyone knows she wasn’t being sincere.
When requested how Jen felt when she realized she was a goal, she mentioned, “My immediate response was they must have the wrong person. They must have this all wrong. I didn’t do anything. That was my immediate response,” she added.
“I was in complete denial at that time. And for a long time throughout the process. Because I truly believed and was telling myself that I’m not guilty of these things that they’re accusing me of.”
Yikes, Jen. It’s not such as you pleaded responsible in the summertime a yr later and gave a press release that admitted to your wrongdoing. Couldn’t you’ve got give you one thing a bit higher?
In truth, when requested in case you knew what you had been pleading responsible to, you mentioned, “Wire fraud, offering services with little to no value. We used interstate telephone and emails. I knew many of the purchasers were over the age of 55. I am so sorry.”
Following Jen’s arrest and responsible plea, RHOSLC didn’t function many private scenes of Jen talking about her case extensively. Many followers, myself included, hoped Season 3 could be extra of a deep dive into her thought course of since we knew what could be coming. However, viewers got a 15-minute section throughout the finale episode that includes Meredith Marks and Heather Gay having a sit-down with Jen and her husband, Sharrieff Shah.
Knowing that she finally confirmed her half on this crime, many viewers wished to know why she denied her function for thus lengthy. “At the time of the arrest, that’s when I first found out about the investigation. When the arrest happened, I was absolutely in denial that any of these accusations were real,” Jen mentioned.
“And you don’t have all the information at the beginning of an investigation. You don’t know all the details or how they arrived at those charges just yet.”
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Jen admitted that she labored along with her staff to the very best of her potential after her arrest. “I thought I was working very openly with my lawyers and conveying all of the facts as I recalled them, and what my involvement was. But then, when I fasted forward, it was like I was in this tunnel. And I was only seeing what I wanted to see and what I wanted to recall, and what I thought.” She continued, “Because, again, my perception was, I didn’t do this. I didn’t do this. I was in denial.”
Later on, issues grew to become actual for the previous actuality star. “It wasn’t until … a year later where finally … I had difficult conversations with my attorneys because I realized I had to take some responsibility. I realized that you know what, I made a mistake, and my mistakes hurt people. My mistakes created victims; people were hurt from this,” Jen acknowledged. “My role in this, as a result of that, hurt a lot of people. And that was really hard for me to finally accept.”
Although Jen owns her half on this, listening to her proceed to say she really believed she was harmless is genuinely ridiculous. Girl, the Feds nearly kicked your entrance door down, and also you had been arrested on the aspect of the street. They principally had your title in crimson underlined. What about that didn’t appear actual?
Who is aware of. What I do know is that Season 4 of RHOSLC higher make up for all the shenanigans over the previous couple of years. You all ran the very best factor about that present (Mary M. Cosby) off, gave a recognized racist public consideration, and made me play Clue making an attempt to determine who gave Heather a black eye. I’m OVER it. And hopefully, Jen reporting to jail will give us all a contemporary begin.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JEN’S STATEMENTS? DO YOU BELIEVE SHE REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS INNOCENT?
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