<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Real Housewives of Salt Like City" star <keyword id="12990228" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jennie-nguyen" source="Orion">Jennie Nguyen</keyword> has received criticism for social-media posts from 2020.</li><li>She shared numerous pro-police Facebook posts the summer following the police murder of <keyword id="11911209" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="george-floyd" source="Orion">George Floyd</keyword>.</li></ul>Jennie Nguyen, a cast member of <keyword id="12094680" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bravo" source="Orion">Bravo</keyword>'s "<keyword id="12990227" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city" source="Orion">The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City</keyword>," is under fire for social-media posts made to Facebook in 2020, including ones where she appeared to criticize the racial-justice protests that occurred after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd. The posts, <a href="https://imgur.com/a/i5suXZE#4FlZdj1">which have been preserved by users on Twitter</a>, have elicited a strong reaction from fans of the hit Bravo show, with some calling for Nguyen to be cut from its forthcoming third season. "The Jennie Nguyen anti-black lives matter and pro-Trump posts made me throw up. Please don't bring her back next season," one user <a href="https://twitter.com/ShadyShah6/status/1483662262363729924">said in a tweet</a> with more than 1600 likes.Neither Bravo nor Nguyen responded to Insider's requests for comment on Wednesday.None of the controversial posts appeared to have been written by Nguyen herself but were posts by others that she shared to her personal Facebook page, which was public as of Wednesday morning."Hundreds of blacks shot and many killed (including children) by other blacks every week," one post shared by Nguyen in September 2020 read. "Over a thousand Officers violently injured, some permanently, by rioters."The post also stated "anarchists" were "rioting in major cities every night," which was false."And you still think Police Officers are the problem. You are an idiot," the post concluded.<div type="image" title="Jennie Nguyen Facebook screenshot" height="1284" width="1086" msid="89005054" hostid="261"></div>Floyd, a 45-year-old man from Minneapolis, was killed by a police officer on May 25, 2020 during an arrest. Video showed that then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest while Floyd pleaded he was unable to breathe.Floyd's death sparked<a href="https://www.insider.com/protestors-spark-police-reforms-and-hold-peaceful-protests-2020-6"> protests against racism and police brutality in cities across the US</a>. While some protests turned <a href="https://businessinsider.com/minneapolis-target-is-looted-during-george-floyd-protests-videos-2020-5">chaotic, and at times violent</a>, the majority of the protests that lasted throughout the summer of 2020 were lawful and peaceful. Nguyen also shared a September 2020 article from conservative <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> outlet The Blaze that spread the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/21/fact-check-george-floyd-autopsy-ruled-his-death-homicide/7317557002/">false rumor</a> that Floyd died due to a drug overdose. Floyd's death was ruled a homicide, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/derek-chauvin-verdict-george-floyd-death-2021-4">former police officer Derek Chauvin in April 2021 was found guilty of both murder and manslaughter</a>. Nguyen also shared on Facebook an image of a <a href="https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/nc-grand-jury-indicts-man-in-deadly-2020-shooting-of-5-year-old-cannon-hinnant/51-5dff43dc-40b8-4eae-bf9d-c1987158f3c9">Cannon Hinnant, a 5-year-old boy who was shot and killed while riding a bicycle</a> outside his home in 2020 with the text "White lives matter." <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—jay (@JaysRealityBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1483762534737928194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2022</a></blockquote>Nguyen shared numerous other posts supporting police, including one post that linked to a "<a href="https://www.insider.com/how-thin-blue-line-became-controversial-symbol-to-represent-police-2021-2">blue lives matter</a>" group. The controversial posts were shared among Nguyen's other posts that included family photos and recipe videos.Another post she shared read: "Being white doesnt make you racist and being black doesnt make you a slave being an idiot however comes in both colors." She also shared posts that appeared to criticize the COVID-19 vaccines, including one that cast doubt on the vaccine because scientists hadn't yet discovered a cure for cancer.Nguyen also shared a meme that used Islamophobic rhetoric to criticize activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. The post, which was an altered "Peanuts" cartoon, showed Kaepernick, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/08/colin-kaepernick-says-he-is-not-muslim-blames-fear-of-protest-on-islamaphobia/">who is not Muslim</a>, conversing with Charlie Brown.<div type="image" title="Jennie Nguyen facebook post" height="1292" width="1102" msid="89005055" hostid="261"></div>Nguyen also appeared to support former President Donald Trump, sharing numerous posts and memes that supported the ex-president and criticized and mocked President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. In one meme she shared to her public Facebook profile in August 2020, Nguyen shared a post featuring a photo of Harris that read: "She will be an inspiration to young girls by showing that if you sleep with the right powerfully connected men then you too can play second fiddle to a man with dementia. It's basically a Cinderella story." In another, Nguyen shared a meme that depicted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appearing to drink from a bottle of hand sanitizer. Insider was able to view all of the posts mentioned in this article, however after Insider reached out to Nguyen for comment, her Facebook page appeared to have been deleted or set to private.Nguyen joined the "<keyword id="12094681" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rhoslc" source="Orion">RHOSLC</keyword>" cast in its second season, which began airing in September 2021. Its current season will conclude with a reunion episode in February, which has already been recorded.The show, which is the 10th installment of the "Real Housewives" franchise, first premiered in 2020.

'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' star Jennie Nguyen is facing backlash for anti-BLM Facebook posts from 2020

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jen Shah's legal team requested a reduced prison sentence in a memorandum filed on December 16. </li><li>Shah's legal team pled guilty in July 2022 after she was arrested in March 2021. </li></ul>"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah requested her prison sentence be reduced to three years after pleading guilty to her part in a telemarketing scheme. Court documents obtained by Insider show that Shah's legal team argued that 36 months in prison would be "just and fair." <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jen-shah-charged-with-telemarketing-fraud-scheme-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Authorities arrested Shah while filming in March 2021</a>, charging her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Federal prosecutors accused Shah of <a href="https://www.insider.com/real-housewives-star-jen-shah-guilty-plea-fines-fraud-2022-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">participating in a telemarketing fraud scheme</a> for nine years, prompting her to eventually <a href="https://www.insider.com/andy-cohen-jen-shah-pleading-guilty-cast-interesting-shadow-show-2022-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plead guilty to wire fraud in July 2022</a>. Shah's plea deal had a sentencing range of 11 to 14 years under advisory guidelines, while the US Probation Department suggested an 8-year sentence. <div type="image" title="Jen Shah" height="667" width="889" msid="96326245" hostid="261" sizebytes="46840"></div>Shah's legal team listed several reasons why she should receive a 36-month sentence, including that other defendants who received more than 36 months "can all be distinguished clearly from Ms. Shah.""Many had direct contact with the victims of the fraud— whether as the salespeople using fake names or as managers or owners of sales floors whose job it was to convince the client not to chargeback their worthless product," court documents read. "Ms. Shah, notably, never spoke with any of the customers of MPG (or anyone who actually purchased these products)." The document continued that unlike other defendants, Shah doesn't have a prior criminal history and disputed the extent of her role in the scheme. "While it is true that Ms. Shah provided the "leads" to many of the people involved in this crime, she certainly did not create, organize, control, or run this multi-pronged/multi-state conspiracy," the document read.According to the document, there was "neither reason nor evidence" to consider Shah the "Godfather" or "Kingpin" of the scheme. <div type="image" title="Jen Shah" height="2000" width="2666" msid="96326247" hostid="261" sizebytes="666998"></div>"Many of these co-defendants neither received their leads from Ms. Shah, had any contact with her, nor even knew her," the document continued. Shah's legal team also pointed towards her husband and two sons as reasons for a reduced prison sentence."In addition, this case has already cost Jen dearly. Jen—who desperately wanted to be the best mother in the world—has now been the cause of embarrassment, fear, and shame for her beloved sons," the document read. "Jen would never do anything to risk more harm to her children. She knows the emotional and psychological toll that her sons have already been forced to pay. These are harms for which she will spend the rest of her life atoning." Other reasons included avoiding COVID-19 spread, Shah's low likelihood to re-offend, and her celebrity status could benefit society. Shah is expected to be sentenced on January 6, 2023.

'RHOSLC' star Jen Shah asks judge to reduce her sentence to 3 years in prison 5 months after pleading guilty in telemarketing scheme

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12284940" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lisa-barlow" source="Orion">Lisa Barlow</keyword> opened up about federal agents coming to a "<keyword id="11899434" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="real-housewives" source="Orion">Real Housewives</keyword>" shoot looking for <keyword id="12094676" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jen-shah" source="Orion">Jen Shah</keyword>.</li><li>Shah, who stars with Barlow on "<keyword id="12094681" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rhoslc" source="Orion">RHOSLC</keyword>," was charged with wiretapping and money laundering in March.</li></ul>Lisa Barlow said she "felt emotionally traumatized" when federal authorities came to a "<keyword id="12094679" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city" source="Orion">Real Housewives of Salt Lake City</keyword>" shoot looking for Jen Shah. In March, the Justice Department charged Shah and her assistant Stuart Smith <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jen-shah-charged-with-telemarketing-fraud-scheme-2021-3">with wire fraud and money laundering</a>. <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jen-shah-from-the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-not-guilty-1234943035/">According to Variety</a>, Shah's bail was set at $1 million after she was arrested, <a href="https://www.insider.com/real-housewives-jen-shah-virtual-court-hearing-delayed-by-fans-2021-4">requiring $250,000 for the bond</a>. Both Smith and Shah have since <a href="https://www.insider.com/real-housewives-jen-shah-virtual-court-hearing-delayed-by-fans-2021-4">pleaded not guilty to the charges</a>. The case is ongoing, and <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/10/16/rhoslcs-money-hosting-strip-club-event-ahead-of-fraud-trial/">Shah's trial is currently set for March 2022</a>, according to Page Six.Part of Shah's run-in with the law was captured on-camera and included in the cold open for the latest season of "RHOSLC," as well as in Sunday's episode.In the footage, Shah is seen sitting in a van with castmates Whitney Rose, Jennie Nguyen, Heather Gay, and Lisa Barlow on the way to a trip to Vail, Colorado, when she gets a phone call. Shah leaves the van and minutes later law enforcement shows up asking where Shah is. Barlow opened up about the incident in a recent interview with Insider, saying that she "literally had PTSD for weeks from it" because she felt "emotionally traumatized." <a href="https://www.insider.com/rhoslc-lisa-barlow-ambushed-by-whitney-rose-party-sabotage-accusations-2021-10">The Vida tequila founder</a> recalled that morning in March began relatively uneventfully, with her husband dropping her off at the van parked outside Gay's Beauty Lab+Laser store in Salt Lake City. Barlow said that soon afterward, Shah received a call and told her castmates that her husband, Sharrief, was "internally bleeding" and that she had to go be with him. After Shah left, Barlow, Gay, Rose, and Nguyen debated waiting for Shah to get back from the hospital to see if she still wanted to go on the trip."Then within five minutes of her leaving, Homeland Security, FBI, NYPD all show up. It was a lot. There's men with guns," Barlow described the scene, also captured on camera.She added: "You're seeing our most raw, in-the-moment reactions to the most insane situation."<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xodmbDBw-Z0?start=106" frameborder="0"></iframe>Barlow continued that in her initial confusion, she thought someone had ordered pizza and the men were there to deliver it. "At first I was like, there's an NYPD Pizza by my house," she said, referring to a since-closed New York-style pizza restaurant in Salt Lake City. "I was like, 'Did somebody get pizza?' Like, what is this? I was so confused."Law enforcement asked the "RHOSLC" cast present at the time about Shah's whereabouts, adding that they "need to make sure she's safe" without giving the women any specifics as to why they were looking for Shah. Ultimately, a security team member Barlow previously worked with told her that "there's some awful allegations about Jen Shah" shortly after news broke about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jen-shah-charged-with-telemarketing-fraud-scheme-2021-3">the wiretapping and money laundering charges</a> against Shah and Smith."I feel like we all felt emotionally traumatized, and it just starts opening the flood gates of questioning," Barlow admitted. While Barlow is still processing the "intense" experience, Shah appears to be leaning into the news around the charges with her season two tagline: "The only thing I'm guilty of is being Shah-mazing."

'Real Housewives' star says she 'literally had PTSD for weeks' after law enforcement came looking for Jen Shah in the middle of filming

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12094681" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rhoslc" source="Orion">RHOSLC</keyword>" star <keyword id="12284940" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lisa-barlow" source="Orion">Lisa Barlow</keyword> told Insider <keyword id="12284941" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="whitney-rose" source="Orion">Whitney Rose</keyword>'s party-sabotaging accusation is "all a lie."</li><li>Rose suggested Barlow sabotaged Angie Harrington's gala because of their burgeoning friendship.</li></ul>Lisa Barlow is setting the record straight after <a href="https://www.insider.com/real-housewives-salt-lake-city-trailer-jen-shah-fraud-charges-2021-8">"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City"</a> costar Whitney Rose accused her of sabotaging a friend's charity gala: "It's all a lie. I did nothing wrong, I would never do that."Barlow and Rose have had a rocky relationship from the first season of "RHOSLC," with Rose accusing Barlow of talking down to her - an accusation Barlow has repeatedly denied. On last Sunday's episode of <a href="https://www.insider.com/meredith-marks-addresses-jen-shah-liking-homophobic-posts-rhoslc-2021-9">the Bravo reality show</a>, Angie Harrington, Barlow's longtime friend and an "RHOSLC" newcomer, hosts a charity gala for LGBTQ youth. Ahead of the event, Harrington opens up to Barlow about how she's developed a friendship with Rose, and a little while later, Harrington says that her caterers for the event backed out.In a separate conversation between Rose and Harrington shown during that episode, Rose suggests that Barlow might have sabotaged Harrington's event because of Harrington's newfound friendship with Rose. Later at the party, Harrington confronts Barlow about possibly having put pressure on the caterers to back out of the event. Barlow first denies the accusations in a heated conversation and then tearfully storms away from the party. Speaking to Insider on Wednesday, Barlow said she "felt ambushed" by the party-sabotaging accusations. She added that she was "super excited" to go to Harrington's gala because the Vida owner is "very pro-LGBTQ.""Then when I'm asked to have a conversation, I thought it was going to be something light between friends for multiple years," Barlow said about her chat with Harrington. "So I was shocked, blindsided."She continued that when Harrington asked her if she'd made the caterers back out of the event, Barlow felt a "myriad of emotions."Barlow told Insider she recalled thinking at the time: "Why does this have anything to do with me? What are you even talking about? There's amazing food being passed around. There's a room with catering and it's all displayed on a table."<div type="image" title="Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" height="733" width="978" msid="86921277" hostid="261"></div>Office managers for the caterers involved in the controversy - chefs Marco and Aubrey Niccoli - told <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/10/06/rhoslc-caterers-reveal-if-lisa-barlow-ruined-angie-hs-event/">Page Six</a><a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/10/06/rhoslc-caterers-reveal-if-lisa-barlow-ruined-angie-hs-event/"> </a><a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/10/06/rhoslc-caterers-reveal-if-lisa-barlow-ruined-angie-hs-event/">on Wednesday</a> that Barlow "had NOTHING to do with them not being able to do Angie's event - and Angie knows that.""The truth is that they had just opened their restaurant and had prior commitments," the managers said.The same day Aubrey Niccoli <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsvDEplxhb/">shared a text exchange</a> between herself and Harrington on Instagram, writing that Harrington "completely fabricated this story to create a story line for herself.""Lisa did NOT tell us to not do Angie's event. Never happened and she never would do something like that," the caption continued, in part.Barlow also told Insider that catering for Harrington's event "wasn't a good business decision" for the Niccolis, something Aubrey Niccoli <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsvDEplxhb/">reiterated in her Instagram post</a>. Barlow explained <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUlvDHeMcMc/">that "Marco had his brother cater the event,"</a> which is why there was food at the event after all, as shown in the episode.Instead, Barlow held Rose responsible for the misunderstanding over the caterers and pointed at the strained relationship between the two women. But she also hinted that viewers might expect a possible reconciliation between herself and Rose. "Whitney and I get to a much better place," Barlow said. "But I feel like for Whitney, if I hug Whitney, I need medication, which I'm not on. If I don't hug Whitney, I'm snubbing her. So I think she's always trying to figure out where Whitney is, every time I run into her."

'Real Housewives' star Lisa Barlow says she 'felt ambushed' after Whitney accused her of sabotaging Angie's charity gala

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12094677" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="meredith-marks" source="Orion">Meredith Marks</keyword> called out <keyword id="12094676" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jen-shah" source="Orion">Jen Shah</keyword> for liking "homophobic" social-media posts about Marks' son.</li><li>Things are tense been <keyword id="12094678" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="brooks-marks" source="Orion">Brooks Marks</keyword> and Shah after Shah did an inappropriate dance in season one.</li><li>Marks claims her "<keyword id="12094681" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rhoslc" source="Orion">RHOSLC</keyword>" costar liked a social-media post calling Brooks a "privileged twink." </li></ul>Meredith Marks accused "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" costar Jen Shah of liking "homophobic" social-media posts about Marks' son, Brooks. During an on-screen lunch with her fellow castmates on Sunday's "RHOSLC" season two premiere, Marks opened up about the "damage" to her relationship with Shah. "She has made all these homophobic references, some in regards to Brooks who has never spoken one way or the other what his sexual preference is to Jen," Marks told fellow "RHOSLC" cast members Whitney Rose, Heather Gay, and Mary Cosby.In a confessional paired with the scene, Marks said that Shah has liked and reposted "negative homophobic comments about Brooks on social media," including an Instagram post calling the 22-year-old fashion designer a "privileged twink."Marks also criticized <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfqOmV587Rg">Shah's December 2020 appearance on "Watch What Happens Live"</a> where Shah told host Andy Cohen she doesn't believe Brooks has ever seen a vagina. "Brooks has never spoken to her about his sexuality, he's barely even talked to me about it," Mark said in Sunday's confessional about Shah. "He's figuring things out, leave him alone."<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COrnXjKh8SM" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Brooks Marks (@brooksmarks)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Things have been tense between Brooks and Shah since a season one "RHOSLC" episode where Shah danced on Marks' couch. Afterward, Brooks told his mother that he was uncomfortable because he had supposedly seen Shah's vagina. Marks previously came to her son's defense <a href="https://twitter.com/BravoWWHL/status/1352126276891365376">during an appearance on "WWHL" in January alongside Gay</a>, where she said Shah "has made not passive-aggressive, but aggressive-aggressive digs on Brooks all over social media."She also <a href="https://twitter.com/MeredithMarks0/status/1359700983912169473">tweeted out screenshots the following month</a> that appeared to show Shah liking negative tweets about Brooks. Brooks, in turn, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/04/01/meredith-marks-defends-brooks-after-he-seemingly-shades-jen-shahs-arrest/">shared a social-media video</a> of himself lip-syncing to the song "MAMA" after Shah was arrested in March <a href="https://www.insider.com/jen-shah-arrested-filming-real-housewives-salt-lake-city-2021-3?render-embed=video">in connection with wire fraud and money laundering</a>. The "RHOSLC" season premiere <a href="https://twitter.com/housewifegifs/status/1435252292178022404">teased the moment Shah fled from the set</a> of the reality show to avoid arrest by the police, but not Brooks' reaction to Shah's close brush with an on-camera arrest.

'Real Housewives' star Meredith Marks called out Jen Shah for liking 'homophobic' posts about Marks' son

Jen Shah breaks down over her legal troubles in the first trailer for the new season of 'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Elizabeth Holmes is a regular at "Real Housewives" star Jen Shah's prison workout class. </li><li>Shah's representative told People the two have become pals while inmates at a Texas prison.</li></ul>Disgraced tech mogul Elizabeth Holmes has apparently found a companion during her 11-year sentence at a federal prison in Texas: fellow inmate "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" alum Jen Shah.And beyond their friendship, Holmes is a regular at Shah's prison workout class, "Sha-Mazing Abs." "Jen gets all the ladies together and they rally behind her while she teaches them fitness moves, and Elizabeth has been there right along with them," Shah's representative Chris Giovanni <a href="https://people.com/jen-shah-elizabeth-holmes-friends-prison-rep-says-7968359?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=6503286efee5c10001d81ba0">told People</a>. Holmes, 38, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-holmes-prison-drastic-change-from-luxury-life-2023-5">reported to the prison</a> back in May after being convicted on fraud charges in January 2022 and sentenced to 11 years in prison in November.Shah, 49, meanwhile pled guilty to participating in a telemarketing scam and was sentenced to 6-and-a-half years, but her release date has been moved. The reality television star is set to be <a href="https://www.insider.com/jen-shah-keeps-having-her-prison-release-date-moved-up-2023-9">released in July 2028</a>.While the two do their time, they've gotten to know each other well, Giovanni told People."They're both rehabilitating and have bonded over being on this journey of positive change. Their situations brought them together, and they have a good understanding of one another. They're getting through it together."That includes Shah taking on a sort of motherly role to Holmes, Giovanni added. Shah's "given her a lot of advice" and even met Holmes' baby, who was born earlier this year. Shah — who pled guilty in July 2022 and was <a href="https://www.insider.com/jen-shah-sentenced-to-78-months-in-prison-for-fraud-2023-1">sentenced in January</a> — is best known for her <a href="https://www.insider.com/jen-shah-arrested-filming-real-housewives-salt-lake-city-2021-3">role on the reality TV series "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City."</a> She is married to University of Utah football coach Sharrieff Shah, with whom she has two sons. Shah was one of the more outspoken <a href="https://www.insider.com/rhoslc-jen-shah-asks-judge-reduce-prison-sentence-3-years-2022-12">women featured on "RHOSLC,"</a> and ended her stint on the show to report to prison, after refusing to attend the season 3 reunion. Holmes infamously <a href="https://www.insider.com/elizabeth-holmes-fans-react-guilty-verdict-holmies-girl-boss-2022-1">founded the doomed blood-testing company Theranos</a>, and was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud in 2022. She was <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-dropout-trailer-amanda-seyfried-turns-into-elizabeth-holmes-2022-2">portrayed by Amanda Seyfried</a> in the award-winning Hulu drama "The Dropout."

Elizabeth Holmes is a regular at 'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah's prison workout class 'Sha-Mazing Abs,' Shah's rep says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" season four premieres this week.</li><li>The reality series has a new cast member: Monica Garcia.</li></ul>Get ready, Salt Lake: there's a new housewife in town.Monica Garcia will make her debut in the upcoming fourth season of <a href="https://www.insider.com/former-reality-tv-producer-bad-girls-club-why-we-watch-2021-2">"The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,"</a> which premieres Tuesday on Bravo.Monica joins the cast as a friend of Angie Katsanevas. Angie herself only just joined the show in season three as a friend of the cast, before becoming a <a href="https://www.insider.com/real-housewives-jen-shah-fraud-arrest-incident-lisa-barlow-traumatized-2021-11">full-time housewife in season four.</a>Here is what you need to know about Monica.<h2>Monica Garcia is a former Mormon who says she was excommunicated from the Mormon Church</h2><div type="image" title="Monica Garcia in &quot;The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City&quot; teaser." height="1080" width="1440" msid="103363311" hostid="261" sizebytes="34718"></div>Monica is Portuguese-Colombian and owns her own baby products business, per a biography issued by Bravo.<a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/rhoslc-who-is-season-4-cast-member-monica-garcia">According to her Bravo biography,</a> Monica is an "excommunicated ex-Mormon."The teaser briefly alludes to this when Monica is speaking to cast member, Heather Gay."I was married in the temple, and then I was excommunicated," she says.The biography also describes her as "blunt, opinionated, and never afraid to speak her mind, Monica has no problem saying what she's thinking, even if it lands her in hot water with the other women."We get a glimpse of Monica's bluntness in the trailer as she makes numerous comments to her wide-eyed fellow cast members. The teaser also implies that Garcia feels the need to buy luxury items in order to feel part of the group. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rXbTyqhsHFg" frameborder="0"></iframe> <h2>Monica has a complicated family life and love life</h2><div type="image" title="&quot;The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City&quot; season four cast" height="1204" width="1606" msid="103363314" hostid="261" sizebytes="169588"></div>Monica also comes with her own relationship drama.According to Bravo, the mom of four is currently divorcing her husband for the second time. Meanwhile, she is in an 18-month relationship with someone else who she has yet to reveal.Monica is also working through a "volatile relationship with her mother," according to her biography.<h2>This will be the first season without imprisoned 'RHOSLC' star Jen Shah</h2><a href="https://www.insider.com/real-housewives-salt-lake-city-trailer-jen-shah-fraud-charges-2021-8">Jen Shah</a> will be the only housewife not to return for the new season. Jen was one of the main stars when the series started.However, in 2021, <a href="https://www.insider.com/jen-shah-arrested-filming-real-housewives-salt-lake-city-2021-3">she was arrested while filming season two</a> and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.Shah pleaded guilty to wire fraud in July 2022 and <a href="https://www.insider.com/jen-shah-sentenced-to-78-months-in-prison-for-fraud-2023-1">was sentenced earlier this year to 6.5 years in prison.</a>However, returning to the cast, this time as a friend, is Mary Cosby, who appeared in the show's first two seasons."Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" season four premieres on Bravo on Tuesday, with episodes also available on Peacock.

Meet new 'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' cast member Monica Garcia, who says she was excommunicated from the Mormon Church

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12094680" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bravo" source="Orion">Bravo</keyword> has fired <keyword id="12990228" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jennie-nguyen" source="Orion">Jennie Nguyen</keyword>, a cast member on "<keyword id="12990227" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city" source="Orion">The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City</keyword>." </li><li>Nguyen joined the show in its second season, which is still airing. </li></ul>Jennie Nguyen will no longer be a cast member on "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," <a href="https://twitter.com/BravoTV/status/1486031228818104325">Bravo announced Tuesday</a>. "Bravo has ceased filming with Jennie Nguyen," the network said in a post to Twitter. Nguyen came under fire last week for social media posts she shared in 2020 during <keyword id="11965126" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="black-lives-matter" source="Orion">Black Lives Matter</keyword> protests in which she appeared to criticize the racial-justice movement, <a href="https://www.insider.com/rhoslc-jennie-nguyen-under-fire-for-past-facebook-posts-2022-1">Insider previously reported</a>."We recognize we failed to take appropriate action once her offensive social media posts were brought to our attention," the announcement said. Nguyen did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. She has not yet publicly commented on her firing.Nguyen's posts, <a href="https://imgur.com/a/i5suXZE#4FlZdj1">which were deleted last week but were preserved by users on Twitter</a>, sparked blacklash from fans of the hit Bravo show, who called for her firing.None of the controversial posts were written by Nguyen herself but were posts by others that she shared on her personal public Facebook page.One post falsely said "anarchists" were "rioting in major cities every night" in the summer of 2020. "Hundreds of blacks shot and many killed (including children) by other blacks every week," one post shared by Nguyen in September 2020 read. "Over a thousand Officers violently injured, some permanently, by rioters."Another post she shared cast doubt on COVID-19 vaccines because a cure for cancer hasn't yet been established, Insider reported.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Bravo (@BravoTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1486031228818104325">January 25, 2022</a></blockquote>Nguyen in an Instagram post <a href="https://www.insider.com/jennie-nguyen-facebook-blm-george-floyd-offensive-posts-real-housewives-1">issued an apology</a> after the posts resurfaced last week."At the time, I thought I was speaking out against violence, but I have since learned how offensive and hurtful my words were," <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7hR0Sv_IP/">she wrote</a>. "I regret those posts and am sincerely sorry for the pain they caused."Nguyen faced pushback from her "RHOSLC" castmates, including Jen Shah who last week said she was "disappointed by the disingenuous apology that was issued." Cast member Meredith Marks <a href="https://twitter.com/MeredithMarks0/status/1485325005319598081">said she was</a> "deeply disturbed and outraged by her actions" and Lisa Barlow <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaBarlow7/status/1484755424632967171">said she didn't "condone"</a> Nguyen's Facebook posts.Nguyen joined the cast of the reality show for season 2, which first aired in September 2021. The season is expected to conclude in February with a pre-taped reunion episode.

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