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Meredith Marks thinks filming "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" was "dangerous" when the Jen Shah fraud case came to light.
"Whether you're guilty or not, it's all too easy to say things that could be spun to make you guilty," says the 50-year-old Reality. 's star said Wednesday at. Zach Peter' Podcast.
"And I think it's kind of scary. I mean, I think it's really brave of her to stay. I do," she said. continued. "I don't think it's possible in that situation."
Last month, Shah, 48, , appeared in Manhattan federal court before United States District Judge Sidney Stein. Guilty pleas overturning previous acquittals. However, US attorneys agreed to drop another count of charges against her: a conspiracy to commit money laundering.
I'm talking like this. Her plea was made because the Shah "wanted to pay back the debt to society, to put this ordeal behind her and her family."
Shah faces up to her 30 years in prison and her 5 years supervised release. But her plea bargain called for her 11 to 14 years in prison and up to $9.5 million in damages.
She was facing her 50 years in prison before her second indictment was dropped. Her sentencing is scheduled for November.
The Shah allegedly scammed hundreds of people out of money through a nationwide telemarketing scheme. Her March 2021 arrest was documented in "RHOSLC" Season 2.
Page 6 Season 3 technically produced earlier this year However, Bravo Camera exclusively reported that the Shah was tracked down to her July court appearance.
Marks and "RHOSLC" co-star Heather Gaymet Shah in New York City before the pretrial hearings to show her support. Both women approached her confused Bravolebrity while filming the show's latest installment.
Marks, who attended her school at Northwestern University Law, showed further loyalty on her social media the night before the hearing, in which she wrote: until proven guilty.
The jewelry designer explained the intent of the post to host Zach Peter.
Now I want to say , if someone did not plead guilty and was not tried, in which case it would have been a jury trial, so it is not the responsibility of anyone other than me or the jury. that determination.
Marks, she said, was "frustrated" by the hatred she had thrown at the Shah. "Because I have a legal background, and to me it felt like this was not what our law said," she elaborated. Let us be clear what we are saying."
Marks was "surprised" by a last-minute plea from the Shah who declared her innocence both on television and in court.
Getty Images surprised. I think everyone is probably surprised," she said. ``I don't think anyone expected it.''
Mental health advocatespent most of her summer vacation in Europe, but she and Shah pleaded guilty
"We texted a little bit, but I haven't had any conversations with her," Marks revealed. "I'm out of the country and she's now settling her first son into medical school, so she never really spoke to her."
