Two days after The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Whitney Rose, 36, appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, 54, she took to Instagram to seemingly shade her co-star Jen Shah, 49. “WWHL with @juliafox and @bravoandy was everything. Season 3 of #rhoslc was a lot and very heavy,” she captioned the publish seemingly in reference to Jen’s Jan. 6 telemarketing fraud sentencing. “Wrapping it with such a fun show was the perfect send off to a difficult season. The darkness is gone, lightness is upon us.”
In response to Whitney’s seemingly shady publish, a lot of her 367K followers took to the feedback part to react to the star’s caption. “‘The darkness is gone WHITNEY,” a fan commented together with a laughing emoji. A second admirer seemingly famous that the “darkness” Whitney referenced was Jen. “The darkness was just sentenced to 6.5 years in prison,” the fan penned with a laughing emoji. However, a 3rd follower was fast to inform Whitney to edit her caption and wrote, “Pls you still have time to delete the darkness comment lol.”
Jen was sentenced to 6 and a half years in jail on Jan. 6, for her function in a telemarketing scheme. Although Bravo didn’t touch upon the matter, the 49-year-old’s lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, advised HollywoodLife, “Jen Shah deeply regrets the mistakes that she has made and is profoundly sorry to the people she has hurt. Jen has faith in our justice system, understands that anyone who breaks the law will be punished, and accepts this sentence as just. Jen will pay her debt to society and when she is a free woman again, she vows to pay her debt to the victims harmed by her mistakes.”
#RHOSLC star Whitney Rose reacts to Jen Shah’s sentencing: “I’m actually nervous for her and for her household.” #WWHL pic.twitter.com/gPIWrM2ENo
— WWHL (@BravoWWHL) January 5, 2023
Whitney sat down subsequent to mannequin and actress Julia Fox, 32, and Andy on Wednesday night time to talk concerning the earlier season of the hit Bravo TV present. Notably, the 54-year-old host requested the blonde magnificence her ideas on Jen’s sentencing and Whitney didn’t maintain again. “I’m really nervous for her and for her family,” the 36-year-old mentioned in response. Prior to that comment, Whitney joked and requested Andy if she ought to “extend her trip to see” the end result of Jen’s sentencing.
During the Jan. 4 episode of WWHL, Whitney did throw shade throughout among the present’s segments. When the Bravo govt requested her to disclose who she “least trusts with a secret” of her solid mates, she shortly replied, “Jen.” Later, Andy questioned who Whitney will “most likely need a friendship break from next,” and as soon as once more, she declared Jen. “Next aside from Heather [Gay]? Jen.”
Amid Jen’s sentencing, the U.S. Department of Justice launched the next press launch on Jan. 6: “JENNIFER SHAH was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sidney H. Stein to 78 months in prison for running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme. SHAH previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing.” The mom-of-two plead responsible on July 11, 2022, following her March 30, 2021 arrest.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams famous within the press launch that Jen now “faces the consequences” of her actions. “With today’s sentence, Jennifer Shah finally faces the consequences of the many years she spent targeting vulnerable, elderly victims,” the assertion started. “These individuals were lured in by false promises of financial security, but in reality, Shah and her co-conspirators defrauded them out of their savings and left them with nothing to show for it. This conviction and sentence demonstrate once again that we will continue to vigorously protect victims of financial fraud and hold accountable those who engage in fraudulent schemes.”