Jen Shah Files to Exclude ‘RHOSLC’ Clips From Trial, Submits Questions About Potential Jurors’ Knowledge of Show

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Ramping up for court. Jen Shah is making several requests when it comes to any potential discussion of her participation in The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City at her upcoming trial, Us Weekly can confirm.According to court documents obtained by Us on Wednesday, February 16, Shah “opposes the use in evidence of any clips from the RHOSLC” during her trial, which is scheduled to begin next month. “Any use of clips from the RHOSLC at the trial of Ms.

Shah, either in the government’s case-in-chief or during cross-examination of the defense’s case, would have to fall under one of the exceptions to the hearsay rule of evidence, as they are, by definition, out-of-court statements.”In April 2021, the reality star, 48, pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. (All defendants named in the case, except for Shah, pleaded guilty to their respective charges.) A few weeks prior to entering her plea, the television personality and her assistant Stuart Smith were arrested in March 2021 for their alleged involvement in a telemarketing scam.Additionally, the latest filing claims that “all [RHOSLC Housewives] have an incentive to exaggerate their characters and dramatize their lives in order to participate in the currency of the Housewives’ franchise: drama, conflict, and conspicuous consumption,” meaning that “it is impossible to tell where reality ends and fantasy and outright deception and fakery begins.” Therefore, the documents allege, such clips from the series should not be allowed in court.Shah’s legal team also produced a lengthy series of questions for the prospective jury, including multiple queries about the