'Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City' Star Jen Shah Accuses Detective Of Tricking Her Into Talking Following Arrest For Alleged Wire Fraud
June 15 2021, Published 6:30 p.m. ET
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah is accusing the detective who questioned her following her arrest of using deception to get her to spill and wants her statements thrown out as evidence.
According to court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, the Bravo star’s lawyers are moving to dismiss the wire fraud charge against her. The legal team also questions the tactics used by law enforcement following their client being taken into custody.
Shah is asking for all statements she made to police following her March 30 arrest to be suppressed. She claims the arresting officer made misrepresentations to her.
Her lawyers say Shah waived her rights when being questioned by Detective Christopher Bastos but only did so because she was in a “vulnerable state.” Bastos works in the Criminal Enterprise Division with the New York Police Department.
“At the time she waived her rights, Ms. Shah was in a very vulnerable emotional state due to the combination of strange phone calls she received the morning of her arrest and her history with a convicted felon who had victimized her in New York,” the reality star’s lawyer claims.
He claims this, “caused her will to be overborne easily by Det. Bastos and several affirmative misrepresentations he made in order to secure a waiver of rights.”
On the day of her arrest, Shah was filming Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. On her way to the