Looks like Jen Shah is about to be a free woman. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star — who’s been serving a federal prison sentence since February 2023 — is getting released early next month, People reported Friday. Shah pleaded guilty in July 2022 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud over a telemarketing scheme that defrauded elderly victims out of thousands of dollars. Though she was sentenced to six and a half years in prison in January 2023, her sentence was reportedly reduced multiple times for good behavior, taking part in prison programs, and starting to pay the court-ordered $6.5 million restitution to her victims.
Shah is expected to be released on December 10, which her manager, Chris Giovanni, said she’s “very grateful” for “because it means Jen will be able to reunite with her family for the holidays.” Giovanni said Shah is “in a really positive, hopeful place” and has “done a lot of reflecting and real growth during her time away,” saying she “is genuinely not the same woman as she was before.” “Her focus is on her family and building a healthier, more grounded life,” he said. “She understands the seriousness of the mistakes she made and is excited to put this chapter behind her so that she can show everyone the woman she’s worked hard to become.”
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A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons declined to confirm Shah’s latest release date to The Cut — it doesn’t disclose incarcerated individuals’ release plans for privacy, safety, and security reasons — but said her most recently known date of projected release had been August 30, 2026.
Shah has been serving her sentence at a minimum-security facility in Bryan, Texas, which also houses Elizabeth Holmes and Ghislaine Maxwell. She and Holmes “bonded” while in prison together, her rep previously told People, saying they were “getting through it together.” Hopefully they can fit in one more “Shah-Mazing Abs” class before parting ways.
