New Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis solid member Monica Garcia already has so much to say about Jen Shah, however Meredith Marks has some questions on her claims.
“I had by no means met Monica till the snowball day, and he or she got here off as high-energy, desirous to have enjoyable,” Meredith, 51, completely instructed Us Weekly on Wednesday, September 6. “She undoubtedly brings a variety of power, and I used to be cautiously optimistic.”
What Meredith doesn’t perceive, nonetheless, is Monica’s assertion that she spoke to a good friend within the Secret Service about Jen, 49.
“The very first thing that basically went by my head — and perhaps I’m lacking one thing right here — however the very first thing that occurred to me is that the Secret Service will not be the FBI, and to the very best of my data, it’s simply presidential safety,” Meredith instructed Us. “And I’m unsure what Jen did that has something to do with presidential safety. So, the entire thing simply appeared odd and didn’t add as much as me, to be completely sincere.”
In the course of the September 5 season 4 premiere, Monica, 40, stated that she met Jen lengthy earlier than her 2021 arrest and as soon as “stepped in to assist” her after Jen fired certainly one of her assistants. At that time, Jen allegedly supplied Monica a method to assist her earn more money.
“I bear in mind being so weirded out,” Monica recalled. “It was very weird. And I’ve a good friend within the Secret Service. And I referred to as him, and he stated, ‘Get the f–okay away from Jen Shah, she’s going to jail.’ And he or she was arrested two months later. And that’s how I turned a witness with the federal authorities in her trial.”
After initially pleading not responsible to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit cash laundering, Jen modified her plea in July 2022. As a situation of her plea settlement, the U.S. Legal professional’s workplace dropped the cost of conspiracy to commit cash laundering. Jen was sentenced to 6 and a half years in jail in January and reported to FPC Bryan in Texas one month later. In March, her sentence was lowered by one 12 months.
Jen’s incarceration means she’s not on RHOSLC, however Meredith says her absence isn’t the one factor that makes season 4 completely different from its predecessors. “The dynamic shifted for positive. I imply, she’s an enormous character,” Meredith instructed Us. “You’re going to see a change, nevertheless it wasn’t simply simply Jen being gone. It was Mary [Cosby] being again, Angie [Katsanevas] being full-time, Monica coming in. It’s a variety of shifting elements. So, I don’t know that I can pin down what I’d attribute to Jen versus anything.”
Meredith, for her half, is thrilled to have Mary, 50, again within the fold after her season 2 departure. “Mary brings such a humorous aspect,” she defined. “Mary makes me giggle. I imply, ‘The salad’s spicy?’ Come on, I’m simply dying. Simply the best way she interprets and perceives the whole lot is unbelievable. It’s fabulous.”
The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
