Bravo cameras caught the moment Jen Shah fled the set of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City after an ominous phone call alerted her that authorities were on the way and she needed to head out during a recent episode of the popular reality show.
And hours after the RHOSLC women watched on as Homeland Security investigators and SWAT teams crowded their party bus in hopes of finding Shah, Meredith Marks detailed the scene to co-star Mary Cosby while she soaked in a bubble bath in a teaser trailer for the upcoming Housewives episode.
Marks, 49, relaxed in her Vail, Colorado, rental home before the ladies arrived from an eight-hour bus ride when Cosby showed up ahead of schedule to hear just a few of the juicy details of Jen’s shocking afternoon.
Casual: Meredith Marks detailed the scene to co-star Mary Cosby while she soaked in a bubble bath in a teaser trailer for the upcoming Housewives episode
With help from a member of the production team, Mary entered the massive mansion and went in search of the jewelry designer, only to find Meredith soaking in the tub downstairs.
‘So do you know what’s going on?’ Meredith asked Mary, who seemed obviously shocked to see her friend soaking from the comfort of the tub as frothy bubbles covered her naked body.
‘My heart’s broken, but I just found out maybe … when I got here,’ she said.
She further clarified in a confessional: ‘I first heard about Jen’s arrest from Robert Senior and I didn’t believe him, but then I seen it on the news and then I knew, OK this is real.’
‘So do you know what’s going on?’ Meredith asked Mary, who seemed obviously shocked to see her friend soaking from the comfort of the tub as frothy bubbles covered her naked body
No big deal: Marks, 49, relaxed in her Vail, Colorado, rental home before the ladies arrived from an eight-hour bus ride when Cosby showed up ahead of schedule to hear just a few of the juicy details of Jen’s shocking afternoon
‘I first heard about Jen’s arrest from Robert Senior and I didn’t believe him, but then I seen it on the news and then I knew, OK this is real,’ Mary recalled
‘I got a phone call from Lisa. She said that Jen had received a call that Shareef was in the hospital,’ Meredith said.
‘Well, was that true?’ Mary asked.
‘No,’ Meredith said. ‘Whoever was on the other end of that phone call tipped Jen off, and within 10 minutes, the FBI, the Homeland Security and a full SWAT team came to arrest her.’
Mary could barely speak as she stuttered over her words before declaring: ‘Shut that front door. Meredith, no!’
Shah boarded a party bus parked outside of Heather Gay’s beauty studio, where the women of RHOSLC were gearing up for a trip filmed for the second season of the popular reality show.
‘I got a phone call from Lisa. She said that Jen had received a call that Shareef was in the hospital,’ Meredith said
Unbelievable: Mary could barely speak as she stuttered over her words before declaring: ‘Shut that front door. Meredith, no!’
‘Whoever was on the other end of that phone call tipped Jen off, and within 10 minutes, the FBI, the Homeland Security and a full SWAT team came to arrest her,’ Meredith said
Moments after arriving, Jen received a phone call, asked Whitney Rose to turn off her microphone and then proceeded to tell the cast that her husband had a serious internal bleeding issue, was in the hospital and she needed to leave immediately.
Nearly 10 minutes later, a host of law enforcement officials surrounded the bus where Whitney was sitting with Heather, Lisa Barlow and newcomer Jennie Nguyen as they looked for Jen Shah who was nowhere to be found.
Jen was arrested hours later on March 30 and faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly defrauding elderly people in a massive, $5million telemarketing scheme which prosecutors say went on for nine years.
Shah pled not guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering charges in April.
As part of the conditions of her release, Shah is prevented from traveling outside of Utah or the United States without the permission of a pretrial officer, and was also ordered to surrender her passport.
She is also not allowed to use a credit card, obtain a new line of credit, or contact her co-accused assistant, Smith.
Woah: Bravo cameras caught the moment Jen Shah fled the set of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City after an ominous phone call alerted her that authorities were on the way and she needed to head out
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