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Meredith Marks isn't turning a cold shoulder to co-star Jen Shah amid her ongoing legal troubles. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star revealed her honest reaction to her co-star pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a telemarketing fraud scheme in July, plus where they stand today as Jen awaits sentencing. "I was shocked," Meredith told E! News exclusively of Jen, who previously plead not guilty and denied any wrongdoing before reversing her plea. "It's sad all the way around." Meredith added of those who were defrauded by Jen and her former assistant Stuart Smith, "There was never a question that there were victims,...

Previously on July 11, 2022: Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah has reversed course, now pleading guilty to running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme.

In an agreement with federal prosecutors, Shah pleaded guilty Monday to a count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the Department of Justice news release. She originally pleaded not guilty in April 2021 to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud.

“Jennifer Shah was a key participant in a nationwide scheme that targeted elderly, vulnerable victims,” said Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in a statement. “These victims were sold false promises of financial security but instead Shah and her co-conspirators defrauded them out of their savings and left them with nothing to show for it. This Office is committed to rooting out these schemes whatever form they take.”

Shah faces up to 14 years...

Jen Shah, the controversial star of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, has changed her plea in a telemarketing scheme scandal.

The reality TV star appeared in a New York court on Monday and switched her original plea of not guilty to guilty of fraud and money laundering charges.

According to a Twitter thread from Inner City Press' Matthew Russell Lee, Shah told Judge Sidney H. Stein she had committed "Wire fraud, offering services with little to no value."

"We used interstate telephones and emails. I knew many of the purchasers were over the age of 55. I am so sorry," the 48-year-old reportedly said.

The judge is said to have questioned things being purchased. Shah allegedly explained that she had offered "misrepresentations, regarding the value of the product or service, of which it had little to none."

"Did you know it was wrong and illegal?" the judge responded.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges Monday and now faces the possibility of more than a decade in prison, our sister site Variety reports.

Shah and her assistant, Stuart Smith, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Shah previously had pleaded not guilty but changed her plea in federal court in Manhattan.

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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City‘s Jen Shah has changed her plea one week before her trial was set to begin. Shah had been charged with criminal fraud following an alleged telemarketing scheme and had pleaded not guilty but changed that plea to guilty on July 11, according to Variety. She now faces up to 14 years in prison, and she will be sentenced on Monday, November 28. Shah and others were accused of being involved in a long-running telemarketing scheme aimed at the elderly. Shah and one of her assistants, Stuart Smith, were arrested on March 30, 2021 and pleaded not guilty three days later. It has been seen both on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (her arrest by the FBI in Season 2) and the Hulu Original by ABC News, The Housewife & the Shah Shocker, the latter which was announced in November 2021, after Shah plead not guilty to the charges of...

“The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Jen Shah pleaded guilty Monday on criminal fraud charges stemming from an alleged telemarketing scheme, according to court documents obtained by Variety.

Shah — who had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges — entered the plea on Monday morning in Manhattan federal court, one week ahead of the planned trial, which was scheduled to begin on July 18.

Shah and others were previously accused of scamming hundreds of elderly people through a wide-ranging telemarketing scheme in the U.S. The situation has been a storyline on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” where Shah is known for her over-the-top lifestyle, glitzy fashion, many assistants, crying, screaming, throwing drinks and continuous denials.

Shah’s plea agreement calls for a sentence of up to 14 years in prison. Her sentencing is now scheduled for Nov. 28, the Monday after Thanksgiving.

In addition to time behind bars,...