Did Jen Shah affirm husband Sharrieff “Coach” Shah‘s involvement within the aftermath of her telemarketing scheme in a leaked textual content message?
Because the Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis solid member prepares for her fraud sentencing in January after pleading responsible in July, a 2018 textual content message has been leaked by which Jen is seen trying to “coach” former assistant Stuart Smith, who in the end pled responsible to the scheme final yr, by means of a deposition.
“Nonetheless suppose Coach Shah had no clue what Jen was as much as?” podcaster Zack Peter requested in a December 29 tweet. “The Gov launched textual content messages from Jen Shah to Stuart Smith earlier than he needed to testify…”
“I’m placing all of the questions/solutions in an excel doc and I’ll ship it to you and you’ll follow it at the moment,” one textual content learn.
“Sharrieff will assist us on any questions we’re not sure of how one can finest reply or phrase it. I’ve a listing to ask him about,” learn one other.
In accordance with Zack, Jen was allegedly trying to teach Stuart by means of a collection of lies to the Federal Commerce Fee (FTC), which she hoped would get her off the hook for the fraud and cash laundering expenses she was going through.
“That is the context: Jen Shah was attempting to cover her involvement within the scheme. She was teaching Stuart to LIE to the FTC. Coach Shah was performing as their authorized help, which implies… He was conscious,” Zack claimed, later clarifying that he was not implying guilt, however reasonably saying Sharrieff was “not naive.”
In an accompanying doc, it was famous that Jen “despatched Smith lists of questions and solutions he ought to ‘follow’ and instructed him to ‘put it aside in your laptop computer and delete the e-mail,’ and gave him particular directions on how one can falsely reply sure questions … These lies had been designed to cover the defendant’s function within the Enterprise Alternative Scheme.”
“The evening earlier than the defendant’s deposition, the defendant went to Smith’s lodge to debate the deposition and ‘give you a solution collectively’ for sure of the questions the defendant anticipated Smith could be requested. The day of the deposition, the defendant waited throughout the road and texted with Smith all through the deposition,” the doc, filed on December 23, additionally said.
In an extra message, which included the identical doc, Zack additional defined the scenario involving the Shahs.
“For folks STILL confused concerning the Coach Shah texts [and] how they’re related, the Gov used them as supporting proof to show Jen Shah received Stu to LIE to the FTC of their investigation to hide their involvement within the scheme,” he said.
Though the textual content appeared to verify that Sharrieff was concerned in Jen’s obvious efforts to clear her title, by way of Stuart, it stays unclear whether or not or not he had any information of the telemarketing scheme itself.
The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis season three airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.