Meredith Marks Can’t ‘Fathom’ Why Jen Shah Saved Filming ‘RHOSLC’ After Arrest

The indicate must scoot on! Jen Shah’s March arrest used to be captured on digital camera for season 2 of The Right Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis. On the opposite hand, what nervous her costar Meredith Marks the most used to be that Jen let cameras continue to roll exact via her compatible drama.

“I will’t fathom any attorney advising that she ought to tranquil have [kept filming], which is why I used to be so tremendously a superb deal surprised. I will realize why she may maybe wish to on account of she may maybe wish to to find her myth available or profess her innocence or regardless of it’d be,” Meredith, 49, told Us Weekly on the Friday, September 10, episode of the “Getting Right with the Housewives” podcast. “She may maybe wish to have a assure. I aesthetic can’t to find my head around any lawyer below the sun ever advising a consumer within the identical circumstances.”

In March, Jen, 47, and her assistant had been arrested and accused of allegedly defrauding tons of of folks in a nationwide telemarketing scheme.

“Every single one amongst the females, including me … used to be DM’d info about Jen. So, colorful that and seeing how I would by no intention realize what she did after the total questions that had been asked, now now not aesthetic by me, however by the popular public, and now now not working out what any of these advertising companies had been advertising or regardless of. Yes, my eyebrows had been raised,” the jewellery vogue designer outlined to Us. “I didn’t realize what used to be occurring. Did I deem it used to be one thing illegal? No. Did I deem it used to be that you simply presumably can imagine? Sure. I suggest, one thing’s that you simply presumably can imagine, however issues didn’t add up for me and that used to be problematic.”

In April, Jen pleaded now now not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in reference to telemarketing and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Quickly after, she filed a motion asking the court to brush apart all charges on the grounds of “compatible and easily insufficiency” and suppression of evidence.

The retract denied that motion in August, and her trial is now scheduled to launch in March 2022.

“Harmless till proven guilty at the tip of the day,” Meredith told Us. “My friendship with Jen is a recount favorite, it’s now now not held to compatible standards, however via against the law, it is far innocent till proven guilty and , the court of friendships a miniature bit bit diverse.”

Season 2 of The Right Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis premieres on Bravo Sunday, September 12, at 9 p.m. ET.