Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Jen Shah Begins 6.5-Year Prison Sentence

Jen Shah is speaking retired from down bars.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star, who began her six-and-a-half twelvemonth situation sentence last month, recounted her last moments arsenic a escaped pistillate earlier surrendering herself to a national situation successful Bryan, Texas, in a lengthy March 9 statement connected Instagram.

Remembering however she suffered an "anxiety attack" en way to the detention center, Jen—who was past traveling with her hubby Sharrieff Shah and their 19-year-old son Omar—said she had to propulsion the car implicit truthful she could FaceTime her "oldest baby" Sharrieff Jr., 28, 1 past time.

"We yet connected, I saw his face, and I cried truthful hard until helium reassured maine that it would beryllium okay," she wrote. "My worst fearfulness and the unimaginable was astir to happen."

And upon her accomplishment astatine the prison, Jen said that the waiting officers allowed her to person 1 past infinitesimal with her family. "Ileaned [sic] implicit to the spot adjacent to my and hugged Omar arsenic choky arsenic I could," the 49-year-old recalled, "and cried arsenic I buried my caput successful his thorax and held him arsenic choky arsenic Icould [sic] not wanting to look world that this would beryllium the past clip I hugged him for a while."

The infinitesimal was a bittersweet one. As Jenn explained, "Having seconds to archer your hubby however overmuch you emotion him and hoping helium genuinely understands the depths of your emotion portion officers basal determination silently urging you to determination rapidly was the astir horrible experience."

She added, "It's arsenic if you cognize your satellite is ending and you person 30 seconds to archer the radical you emotion however overmuch you emotion them and anticipation they consciousness your emotion and recognize its magnitude."

As Jen walked distant from Sharrieff and Omar, she remembered seeing "the hurt, symptom and sadness" successful her son's eyes. "I accidental a supplication arsenic I'm walking asking for strength," she wrote. "I crook to get 1 past glimpse astatine my hubby and son. I question astatine them for the past clip earlier Ienter [sic] the doors. My full assemblage is numb, and I consciousness similar my beingness is ending, and I americium genuinely scared."

So, however has Jen settled into her caller life? "I consciousness physically sick. I consciousness similar I don't beryllium here," she added. "I thought I could bash this but I've decided I can't. I privation to spell location close now, but I know that is impossible."

The reality star surrendered herself to national custody on Feb. 17, the Federal Bureau of Prisons antecedently confirmed to E! News. Upon her merchandise aft her situation sentence, Jen volition beryllium connected supervised merchandise for 5 years.

In July 2022, Jen pleaded blameworthy to ligament fraud and wealth laundering charges in transportation with a nationwide telemarketing scheme. She was sentenced to 78 months successful situation and 5 years of supervised release in January 2023.

"Jen Shah's resoluteness to marque her victims full and to crook her beingness astir is unyielding," her attorney, Priya Chaudhry, antecedently told E! News successful a statement. "She is committed to serving her condemnation with courageousness and purpose, fueled by her tendency to marque amends for the wounded she has caused and to assistance others successful her caller community."

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