| Sealed Jen Shah
Claims Unsealed of
Minority Role Model and
Muslim Family After
Press Win
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Order Vlog
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 12 – Five defendants
in a telemarketing scheme were
presented past 8 pm on
November 20, 2019 in the
Magistrates Court of the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
On April 2,
2021 Jen Shah of Real
Housewives Of Salt Lake City
was arraigned in the same case
- and a $1 million bond, with
$250,000 of it secured by case
or property, required. Inner
City Press live tweeted that -
and the sentencings, of Jen
Shah, and co-defendants and
cooperators Joseph Chirico and
Anthony Cheedie, below,
Inner City Press had filed to
unseal Shah's sentencing
submissions, in a "robing
room" proceeding that is
itself still sealed, Judge
Stein emerged and said "in
regard to an application by
Inner City Press made a day or
two ago for unsealing of
essentially all the material
that have been submitted to me
in connection with this
sentencing because certain of
the materials were redacted
and other material were filed
under seal by the defense and
Inner City Press asserted the
right to have that material
put on the public record. That
is what the discussion was.
That discussion is going to be
sealed. The result of it,
obviously, will be made public
because I did direct that
certain of materials be
unredacted and other materials
be unsealed." Transcript here,
and the material, we were
told, should be unsealed
Monday January 9.
But on
January 9, nothing was filed
into the docket other than a
request by co-defendant Joseph
Minetto to delay his
sentencing from January 12 to
mid-April. Inner City Press
inquired, and this was
docketed: "ORDER as to
(19-Cr-833-11) Jennifer Shah.
On January 3, 2023, Inner City
Press filed an application to
unseal certain exhibits and
unredact certain portions of
the sentencing submissions in
this litigation. (ECF No.
648.) Defendant responded on
January 5, 2023 (ECF No. 644),
and on January 6, 2023 the
Court heard argument by
defendant. Pursuant to the
rulings of the Court during
the conference, defendant is
directed 1) to blur the faces
of all third-party individuals
in Exhibit B to defendant's
sentencing memorandum, which
has been filed under seal (ECF
No. 644), except for the faces
of defendant, her husband, and
two sons; 2) to file that
version on the public record;
and (3) to unredact the
redacted portions of her
sentencing memorandum and
accompanying exhibits to the
extent determined by the Court
on January 6, 2023, and to
file those revised documents
on the public record. SO
ORDERED."
And after 9 pm,
in response, Jen Shah's
submission was partially
unsealed, see here
on Patreon, thread:
OK - here
in Jen Shah's initially sealed
sentencing statement to the
judge, tonight released after
Inner City Press won an order
to unredact (most) of it. Here
in 1st section she had blacked
out "our marriage began to
crumble" and her "the strict
Muslim family"
After a
still-redacted section, Jen
Shah's until now sealed
sentencing statement told the
judge she's been in only 2
groups: Tongan Mormons &
"the strict Muslim family that
my husband and I had
made"
After yet more
redactions, Jen Shah's
until-now sealed sentencing
statement told the judge that
she wanted to "set an example
for other minority girls... to
dealing with the COVID
Pandemic" [redaction]
After more
redactions, Jen Shah's
until-now sealed sentencing
statement told the judge that
"my husband did not come to my
father's funeral...
relationships with people who
were untrustworthy. I told
Stuart he could handle
everything
After yet more
redactions, Jen Shah's
until-now sealed sentencing
statement told the judge that
she wanted to "set an example
for other minority girls... to
dealing with the COVID
Pandemic" [redaction]
Back on
Friday night, after sobbing
for Judge Stein and telling
that all of her efforts going
forward would be to repay her
elderly victims, Jen Shah
dined at Valbella at the Park.
Jen Shah on Jan
6, courtesy of Elizabeth Williams
On
January 6, Jen
Shah was
sentenced to
78 months in
prison, after
Judge Sidney H.
Stein
largely
granted Inner
City Press' application
to unseal
(though not, it
seems, until
January 9).
Inner City Press
live tweeted,
thread here.
Vlog here.
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