Jen Shah has apparently acquired some excellent news, simply over a month after she reported to a Texas jail to start serving a 6.5-year sentence for wire fraud and different fees. The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star’s sentence seems to have been decreased by a full 12 months, in line with the federal jail database. That is probably welcome information for the Bravo actuality star, who struggled to depart her husband and two sons when she surrendered herself to federal jail. Amidst the information of the shorter sentence, her consultant has additionally shared an replace about what Shah has been doing over the previous a number of weeks.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ inmate database now lists Jen Shah’s launch date as August 30, 2028, which is one 12 months sooner than her authentic sentence. Along with the now-5.5-year stint, the Actual Housewives alum was ordered to pay $6.5 million in restitution to the victims of a nationwide telemarketing scheme. That portion of her penalty has additionally already begun, as her consultant reported (per Folks):
I’ve spoken with my shopper Jen Shah over the telephone this week — she is doing properly and stays dedicated in the direction of making her victims complete. She has initiated her funds in the direction of restitution, and we hope to have her house as quickly as potential in order that she might resume life along with her household and work, placing this chapter of her life behind her.
Followers of the Bravo star are certainly glad to listen to that Jen Shah is reportedly doing properly in jail. Journal entries shared to her Instagram account by her husband Sharrieff Shah detailed how distraught she was when she reported to Bryan Federal Jail Camp in Bryan, Texas, on February 17. She detailed having an anxiousness assault and asking her husband to tug over so she may FaceTime her older son.
Her most up-to-date replace was posted two weeks in the past, however Sharrieff Shah had defined that since mail out and in of the power is monitored, it could actually take a while to obtain letters from Jen Shah. He additionally stated that she struggled to search out the motivation to share what she was going by.
The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis viewers have watched Jen Shah’s authorized drama play out over Seasons 2 and three of the Bravo actuality present, with the feds even exhibiting as much as a venue the place the forged was filming. After her preliminary arrest in March 2021 on fees of conspiring to commit wire fraud and cash laundering by a telemarketing scheme, Shah staunchly maintained her innocence, attempting a number of instances to get the fees in opposition to her dismissed.
Then, per week earlier than she was set to face trial, Jen Shah surprisingly reversed course and pleaded responsible, with a plea settlement that included a prompt jail sentence of 11-14 years. The six-and-a-half-year sentence, whereas nonetheless a prolonged one, was a lot shorter than she may have confronted, and now that’s apparently been decreased one other 12 months.
The fact star has since distanced herself from the Actual Housewives franchise, pulling out of the RHOSLC Season 3 reunion and likewise declining a one-on-one interview with Andy Cohen earlier this 12 months — each of which she addressed in statements on her Instagram account. You may watch all of it play out, with the primary three seasons of the Bravo present obtainable for streaming with a Peacock subscription.
