Before her life likely takes a turn, Jen Shah is making the most of her time as a free woman in 2023. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star traveled to California to support her husband, Coach Sharrieff Shah, days before she’s set to be sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.The Bravo star, 49, took to Instagram Stories on Monday, January 2, to share two selfies from Pasadena.
She was in the crowd to watch the University of Utah play Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Sharrieff, who has been married to Jen since 1994, is the Pac-12 school’s special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach.Jen is days away from facing the judge on Friday, January 6, nearly one year after she was arrested in connection to a telemarketing scheme that defrauded hundreds of victims, the majority of whom were older than 55 years old.
While the reality star and assistant Stuart Smith pleaded not guilty at the time, they both changed their pleas.“In 2012 to March 2021 in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere I agreed with others to commit wire fraud,” Jen told Judge Sidney Stein in July 2022 when she pleaded guilty. “I knew this was wrong.
I knew many people were harmed and I’m so sorry.”While Jen’s plea agreement recommended a range between 11 and 14 years in prison, she has since asked the judge for a shorter prison sentence of three years.
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