RHOSLC's Meredith Marks "SHOCKED" By Jen Shah's Guilty Plea
Meredith Marks isn't turning a acold enarthrosis to co-star Jen Shah amid her ongoing legal troubles.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City prima revealed her honorable absorption to her co-star pleading guilty to conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud successful transportation with a telemarketing fraud strategy successful July, plus wherever they basal today as Jen awaits sentencing.
"I was shocked," Meredith told E! News exclusively of Jen, who antecedently plead not guilty and denied immoderate wrongdoing earlier reversing her plea. "It's bittersweet each the mode around."
Meredith added of those who were defrauded by Jen and her former adjunct Stuart Smith, "There was ne'er a question that determination were victims, determination were ever victims whether Jen was progressive oregon not. So that was ne'er an issue. I ever felt for the victims truthful that truly didn't change."
The Bravolebrity continued, "Whether Jen was guiltless oregon not, I ever thought that she astatine slightest believed successful her innocence. So for her to power that plea was truly shocking to maine and I'm definite we'll larn much of the backmost story. I don't deliberation it's thing she tin truly speech astir until aft sentencing. It's inactive an unfastened case."
Amid each the ineligible woes, Meredith says she continues to be there for her friend and co-star.
"I deliberation Jen evidently needs enactment now," she shared. "I'm not the judge, I'm not the jury, it is not my occupation to convict her, it's not my occupation to condemnation her. So yes, I've been successful interaction and checking successful to marque definite she's OK. She's been done a batch and it takes its toll. It's emotionally precise hard I would imagine."
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Meredith added, "And astatine the extremity of the time she is simply a quality being, you know? She is arsenic we each are and we marque mistakes and if you're going to instrumentality accountability and effort and bash better, past what other tin we do?"
Of course, Jen's lawsuit won't beryllium the lone root of play connected RHOSLC play three. The shocking trailer previewed Meredith's feud with Lisa Barlow lone intensifying, positive erstwhile champion friends Heather Gay and Whitney Rose going done a imaginable falling out.
"You'll spot a batch of changing dynamics—a batch of chaos for sure," Meredith teased. "It's precise aggravated and it's somewhat combative. I consciousness similar we don't person galore peaceful dinners."
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City returns Wednesday, Sept. 28, astatine 9 p.m. connected Bravo. Scroll done the official formed images beneath for much play 3 scoop.
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