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Jen Shah is opening up a couple of darkish time in her life.
During the newest episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City on Wednesday, the 49-year-old shared with co-star Whitney Rose that she tried suicide amid her fraud trial. She admitted “the whole Angie Harrington and Chris Harrington [thing] affected me so much that I tried to take my life,” including:
“I tried to commit suicide and my husband had to take me to the hospital.”
Devastating.
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In case you didn’t know, Chris made an nameless account on the social media platform “shahexposed” in the course of her authorized battle in an effort to put different Bravo personalities on blast, together with her frenemy, Lisa Barlow. In the episode, Jen argued that utilizing her final title implied her household was concerned with the web page after they weren’t. The on-line trolling, along with her authorized woes, finally pushed the Bravolebrity to her breaking level. She defined in a confessional:
“When I found out about shahexposed, it came on a day when there was just a lot of negativity dealing with the trial. And I got to the point that day where I was done. I locked myself in the bathroom and Coach was so scared, he had to kick the door down because he didn’t know what I was going to do, and Coach had to take me to the hospital.”
It’s an vital reminder that you just by no means understand how your phrases or actions will affect and damage somebody, regardless of who they’re.
In one other episode of RHOSLC, Jen beforehand revealed she began taking antidepressants after the accusations in opposition to her. For those that don’t know, she was accused of finishing up an enormous telemarketing rip-off that took hundreds of thousands of {dollars} from aged victims.
It actually has been a tough time relating to her court docket case this 12 months. As you could know, she shockingly pled responsible in July to committing “wire fraud” and knowingly providing faux providers to individuals “over the age of 55” after sustaining her innocence for months. Her sentencing has been pushed again, and she or he is predicted to search out out her punishment on January 6, 2023. She doubtlessly faces as much as 14 years behind bars and could be pressured to shell out as much as $9.5 million in restitution.
Considering the responsible plea, it actually appears honest for individuals to decry her actions publicly. But there’s a tremendous line between that and private bullying…
As for her future on RHOSLC? During BravoCon 2022, government producer Andy Cohen beforehand steered Jen received’t be coming again for an additional season:
“Once we wrapped [Season 3 and] she pled guilty, I think that was kind of, unfortunately, the end of, you know, the engagement there. But I hope to sit down with her and talk to her at some point on camera because I have a lot of questions for her.”
There is rather a lot up within the air proper now for Jen, so we hope that she’s in a greater place along with her psychological well being now. Especially since she’s nonetheless dealing with some severe jail time. Reactions? Let us know within the feedback.
If you or somebody is considering suicide, assist is accessible. Consider contacting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, by calling, texting, or chatting, or go to 988lifeline.org.
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