Jenn Shah Legal Trouble

During the third season of RHOSLC, Shah discussed her legal issues and revealed why she had turned down a plea deal. “Shah really wanted to host an event with us when we approached his team,” a club representative told Page Six. The source added that Jen will receive “a large sum [of money] in exchange for her appearance, probably enough likely to charge her legal fees,” in the “tens of thousands.” Jen`s ongoing legal battles were a major plot in the last season, and her husband Sharrieff Shah answered all of Andy`s questions about the allegations against her at the special meeting. And today, as the third season of RHOSLC airs, viewers are asking many questions about their case and what it all means. Here`s everything you need to know about Jen`s current legal troubles, her arrest, her time in court — and how much you`ll see on the show: On December 10, Judge Sidney H. Stein rejected Shah`s application and in an order filed in the United States. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York wrote, “The dismissal of an indictment is an extreme sanction that can only be used in rare cases.” “I just assumed it was something that went exactly that way — nothing I wanted to be involved in, but I didn`t think it was illegal,” Heather continued. “I didn`t think you`d go to jail for this.” First, Jen has had problems with federal agencies before. In 2015, she was dismissed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for her work at Thrive, a telemarketing company. “Two years later, they fined Thrive $27 million for fraudulent sales practices,” ABC correspondent Aaron Katersky revealed, according to Us Weekly. Scroll down for a breakdown of the charges and everything we know about Shah`s legal drama: And it will certainly be a test.

Filmed before the Bravo star`s guilty plea, the cold opening teases many of Jens` legal issues throughout the season. “Everything was taken from me,” she told the group through tears. “Everything.” And she hopes to add a new lawyer to her legal team soon. “Listen, Kim Kardashian isn`t officially part of Shah Squad`s legal team yet. People thought I was joking when I thought, `Do we need to add Kim Kardashian to our legal team?` I was 100 seriously dead,” Jen revealed on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City After Show in February. In the summer of 2021, Shah filed his first petition to dismiss his charges. According to a complaint from the Southern District of New York, Shah`s team said the indictment did not provide sufficient evidence to prove that she joined the plot “intentionally and with the specific intent to cheat” and to prove that “fraudulent material promises were made to the victims. She also admitted that she knew what she was doing was “wrong and illegal.” While this is far from the first time a Real Housewives actor has been in trouble with the law, Shah`s situation was particularly striking as she was filming for season 2 of the series on the day of her arrest.

In fact, the premiere of season 2 began, which took place on September 12. It aired in September 2021, with footage of Shah taking a group trip with the other women, receiving a phone call and then asking a co-star to take his microphone before rushing off the set — minutes before the Department of Homeland Security arrived on the scene. A precursor to their legal problems became a main plot for the season. Stuart has been released on bail and is expected to be sentenced in March, according to People. However, after nothing was given on the original date, former NBC News legal analyst Ronald Richards tweeted that Smith`s conviction “has continued and will be postponed beyond Jen Shah`s trial so that he can benefit from her cooperation.” Here is a brief summary of some of the key insights from Jen Shah`s legal issues. ABC News and Hulu (the same team behind The Housewife and The Hustler, a documentary about the legal issues of Beverly Hills housewife Erika Jayne) released The Housewife & the Shah Shocker on November 29. The film follows Jen Shah`s arrest and, according to Page Six, delves into the current charges against her. Jen had maintained her innocence throughout her legal drama, but she changed her guilty plea on July 11, according to NBC Connecticut. Shah`s legal team argued, according to the complaint, that signing her Miranda waiver was “involuntary” and claimed she “couldn`t read” the Miranda waiver because she had “blurred vision” due to “dry” contact lenses. Jen`s lawyers filed a letter in late November last year asking for their case to be dismissed, arguing that the publication of the documentary violated their right to a fair trial. Based on court documents, Jen`s legal team found it impossible to find an “uncontaminated jury pool” of people who had not seen The Housewife & the Shah Shocker before their court date, according to Us Weekly. “I didn`t know it was illegal,” Heather said, adding that she tried to ask Jen about her business on her podcast.

“I asked him about his business for about an hour,” she said. “I never understood.” “She had Meredith [Marks] and Heather [Gay] by her side, who were very supportive of her friend during a difficult time,” a source told PEOPLE exclusively. “Obviously, his legal problems were not easy for Jen, let alone making this decision to plead guilty.” Jen Shah`s legal problems date back to March 2021, when she was arrested on fraud and money laundering charges. Shah maintained his innocence until his last trial in July 2022. His legal team even tried to dismiss the charges in August 2021, but a judge rejected the request. When Judge Stein asked her if she knew what she was doing was false and illegal, Shah replied, “Yes, Your Honour.” She said she “knew it was wrong, a lot of people were hurt and I`m so sorry.” The clip begins with a flashback to the set of the first season in 2019.