Meredith Reaches Out: The Solely ‘RHOSLC’ Star to Do So

Displaying her assist. Jen Shah‘s assistant and shut pal Murilo Bueno revealed that Meredith Marks has been the one Actual Housewife of Salt Lake Metropolis to achieve out amid her jail sentence.

“So far as I do know, no [one is contacting Jen]. The one person who has reached out to me asking how she was doing was Meredith,” Bueno completely instructed Us Weekly on Wednesday, Might 31. “Aside from that, nobody has reached out — to me at the least — and I’m fairly positive nobody has along with her as nicely.”

Bueno famous that Shah, 49, has obtained assist from her household after surrendering herself to FPC Bryan earlier this yr.

“She will have visitations each weekend. We try to remain up there as a lot as we are able to each weekend and we sort of simply all unfold out. We now have a spreadsheet and everybody indicators up so we are able to see who’s going when. They lastly modified COVID coverage so now she will have extra visitations by the month,” he continued. “Earlier than, it was as soon as a month which restricted everybody as a result of it was the one Saturday, it was a second Saturday day of the month. So it simply made it more durable. And now it’s Saturday, Sunday, after which holidays as nicely. So we get to spend extra time along with her, which is superior.”

The Utah native, who rose to fame after showing within the hit Bravo collection, was sentenced in January to 78 months with 5 years of supervised launch. Shah initially made headlines for her authorized woes in March 2021.

After initially pleading not responsible, the previous Bravo persona later modified her plea. The U.S. Lawyer’s workplace dropped the second cost of conspiracy to commit cash laundering on account of the plea change.

Amid her costar’s authorized points, Marks, 51, admitted she was shocked by how a lot Shah was keen to movie for season 2 of The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis.

“I can’t fathom any legal professional advising that she ought to have [kept filming], which is why I used to be so shocked. I can perceive why she may wish to as a result of she may wish to get her story on the market or profess her innocence or no matter it could be,” the jewellery designer completely shared with Us in September 2021. “She could wish to have a voice. I simply can’t get my head round any lawyer underneath the solar ever advising a consumer in the identical circumstances.”

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Marks claimed that she heard rumors about Shah’s enterprise earlier than the arrest, including, “Each single one of many girls, together with me … was DM’d details about Jen. So, understanding that and seeing how I may by no means perceive what she did after all of the questions that had been requested, not simply by me, however by most of the people, and never understanding what any of those advertising corporations had been advertising or no matter. Sure, my eyebrows had been raised.”

Earlier than Shah’s sentencing, nevertheless, Marks publicly stood by her. “Harmless till confirmed responsible on the finish of the day,” she shared on the time. “My friendship with Jen is a distinct commonplace, it’s not held to authorized requirements, however when it comes to a criminal offense, it’s harmless until confirmed responsible and , the courtroom of friendships a little bit bit completely different.”

After filming season 3 of the hit Bravo collection, Marks reacted to Shah’s absence from the reunion — a results of Shah not with the ability to come to an settlement with the community a couple of line of questions.

“[I hope] she has an opportunity to have a voice. Look, she’s been an enormous a part of not simply season 3 however this whole, , present and for her to not have an opportunity to shut all of that out?” Marks mentioned on the “Digital Reali-Tea” podcast in December 2022. “You realize, clearly, as this season progresses and transpires, she’s listening to issues she didn’t find out about. That’s what occurs to all of us. So for her to not have an opportunity to deal with that, to me, could be very unhappy.”

Bueno, in the meantime, is “unsure” whether or not Shah has plans to return to actuality TV after her sentence is over.

“I feel she simply desires to have a recent begin. She desires to have the ability to make a distinction as a result of she was experiencing and seeing loads of completely different tales of ladies in there,” he instructed Us on Wednesday. “And I imply, I’ve at all times — from 10 years in the past — mentioned that Jen is my Kim Kardashian. So I’m like, ‘Can we go struggle everybody with Kim?’ I’m gonna bounce in in fact for that friendship to allow them to go avoid wasting lives and get some folks out of jail.”

Shah is at present centered on benefiting from her time by internet hosting a “Shah-Mazing Abs” exercise class in jail.

“Jen simply needed to maintain herself busy and discover ways in which she may assist folks in this sort of method. Across the finish of summer time final yr, I had been going to this gymnasium and I had a coach. I ultimately motivated her to return with me and I really feel like that has to have some half in [her teaching classes] as a result of I really feel like she figured that she was a lot stronger than she thought,” Bueno defined. “However she’s so much bodily stronger than she is aware of … She clearly realized that train helps with psychological, bodily, throughout [health], so I feel it’s additionally one thing she’s greedy to, to assist others but additionally for herself.”

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With reporting by Sarah Jones