Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star Jen Shah has been sentenced to six.5 years, or 78 months, in jail on Friday, January 6, after pleading responsible to wire fraud. Particulars of when Jen will start serving her sentence and the way lengthy she should serve are revealed.
Jen arrived at court docket to face her verdict Friday morning in Manhattan, New York, accompanied by her husband, Sharrieff Shah Sr., and her two sons.
U.S. District Choose Sidney Stein, who has presided over the case, addressed the packed courtroom. “Jen Shah’s function on the ‘Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis,’ which I assume is why the courtroom is so full in the present day, is simply that, a job. Folks mustn’t confuse the character she performs on an leisure present to the individual earlier than me,” he said per the Inner City Press, through Web page Six.
NBC Information shared the video beneath of Jen, 49, arriving in court docket this morning at about 8:20 a.m. Japanese Time.
Jen Shah arrived to court docket at about 8:20 a.m. ET, greater than 90 minutes forward of her scheduled sentencing. https://t.co/uQFdy9dZ31 pic.twitter.com/jIHmPwB4jC
— NBC Information (@NBCNews) January 6, 2023
Throughout the sentencing listening to, Choose Stein repeatedly addressed Jen as a “chief” within the function she performed in a telemarketing scheme aimed toward defrauding 1000’s, primarily the aged.
Assistant U.S. Lawyer Robert Sobelman, who led the Federal Authorities’s case in opposition to Jen, mentioned, “Each cooperator advised us, Jen Shah is the boss. All of them knew who she was.”
Previous to Jen’s sentencing, her lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, mentioned that Jen “regrets the errors she has made. She is sorry. She had religion in our justice system. Jen pays her debt to society.”
Nevertheless, Robert disagreed.
“There’s not one message from her that expresses any sort of regret, not one. The protection hasn’t submitted any. That’s not how she felt even when she pled responsible,” he said.
Earlier than Jen’s 6.5-year sentence was handed down, prosecutors had been searching for a lengthier 10-year sentence for Jen. Per their sentencing submission, Jen’s “victims had been defrauded over and over till that they had nothing left. [Shah] and her co-conspirators continued of their conduct till the victims’ financial institution accounts had been empty, their bank cards had been at their limits, and there was nothing extra to take,” they wrote.
Jen’s protection attorneys had been eager for a lesser sentence of three years, citing Jen’s ethical character. They had been hopeful that letters from household and buddies would sway Choose Stein right into a extra lenient sentence regardless of it already being decreased from the unique 14 years.
“We submit that such a sentence is simply and honest as a result of it takes under consideration Ms. Shah’s historical past and traits, the information and circumstances of the offense, and meets {that a} court docket impose a sentence that’s ‘not larger than vital’ to realize the objectives of punishment,” her lawyer, Priya, beforehand argued.
Jen gave her remaining tackle to Choose Stein earlier Friday morning earlier than listening to her sentence, saying, “Actuality TV has nothing to do with actuality. I wish to apologize by saying I’m doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution.”
The disgraced RHOSLC star then attributed her “longstanding untreated psychological points induced me to create my very own fractured actuality.”
Neither Jen, her protection, nor her household has given feedback concerning her sentence on the time of this posting.
Under is a video of Jen leaving the courthouse following her 78-month jail sentence as her husband Coach Shah could be seen strolling in entrance of her.
Jen Shah leaving court docket along with her husband Coach Shah strolling in entrance. The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star was sentenced to six.5 years in the present day in federal fraud case. #RealHousewives @TheRealJenShah pic.twitter.com/bVxiWaqXvE
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) January 6, 2023
Regardless of receiving a 6.5-year jail sentence, most offenders are solely required to serve out 85% of their federal jail sentences, so it’s seemingly Jen might be launched after serving 5.5 years.
TMZ can be reporting that Jen is scheduled to start serving her sentence on February 17, 2023. She’s going to report back to a jail someplace in Texas.