Jen ShahwantsKim Kardashianto join her legal team as she awaits her upcomingwire fraud and money laundering trial.
In an exclusive clip from Sunday’sReal Housewives of Salt Lake City After Show, Shah, 48, reveals that she was “100% serious” about bringing Kardashian on to help with her case, which she previously teased during a recent episode of her Bravo show.
“Listen,Kim Kardashianis not officially part of the Shah squad legal team yet,” Shah says in the clip. “People thought I was joking around when I was like, ‘Do we need to addKim Kardashianto our legal team?’ I was deada— 100 serious.”
Despite that,The Real Housewives of Salt Lake Citystar says she has “mad respect” for Kardashian and her criminal justice work, which includes prison reform and advocating forthe release of Alice Johnsonfrom her life sentence.
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“She has been able to be an advocate and affect change for people who have been wrongly accused of crimes,” Shah explains. “They’re innocent and then she has been able to help be part of the movement to, you know, go fight for them at the White House or with [the] government to get them released.”
In the clip, the reality star also opens about how she is handling the accusations against her, which she feels she’s been “wrongly accused” of.
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Shah goes on to explain how it has been “eye-opening” to receive education about the justice system before her trial and that she hopes to fight for other people in the same situation.
“I’m representing not only my family but I’m representing everybody out there that has ever been wrongly accused or wrongly convicted of a crime that they didn’t do, and if I have the means to fight, I’m going to fight,” she says. “I’m going to fight because what is happening is not right and this has not only happened to me.”
In March, Shah and her assistant Stuart Smithwere arrested and chargedwith one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing — through which they allegedly victimized 10 or more persons over the age of 55 — and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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In December, Shah and her lawyers requested that a judge dismiss the fraud charges, claiming the Hulu documentaryThe Housewife & the Shah Shockerabout her ongoing legal problems is “reprehensible” and will “severely jeopardize” her right to a fair trial.
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Shah has previously opened up about her legal troubles onRHOSLC, telling one of her lawyers, Clayton Simms, during one episode that the ordeal was “surreal.”
“What I have been accused of is absolutely the complete opposite of anything I would do in my life. If I have any fault, it’s because I’m too giving and I help too many people,” she said in a confessional.
source: people.com
