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Heidi Venable

Real Housewives Vet Jen Shah's Prison Sentence Has Been Shortened As Rep Shares Update About Time Behind Bars

Jen Shah on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

Jen Shah has apparently received some good news, just over a month after she reported to a Texas prison to begin serving a 6.5-year sentence for wire fraud and other charges. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star’s sentence appears to have been reduced by a full year, according to the federal prison database. This is likely welcome news for the Bravo reality star, who struggled to leave her husband and two sons when she surrendered herself to federal prison. Amidst the news of the shorter sentence, her representative has also shared an update about what Shah has been doing over the past several weeks.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ inmate database now lists Jen Shah’s release date as August 30, 2028, which is one year earlier than her original sentence. In addition to the now-5.5-year stint, the Real Housewives alum was ordered to pay $6.5 million in restitution to the victims of a national telemarketing scheme. That portion of her penalty has also already begun, as her representative reported (per People): 

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