Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City: Jen Shah reveals lawyer advised her to stop botox ahead of trial

Jen Shah revealed that her lawyer advised her to stop getting botox injections ahead of her fraud trial on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City.

The 49-year-old reality star during a group trip to Arizona discussed her looming trial while still maintaining her innocence.

‘My lead trial attorney Priya [Chaudhry] said, ‘You know, Jen, I’m going to need you to not get botox”,’ Jen told Meredith Marks, 50; Lisa Barlow, 47, and Heather Gay, 40.

Botox ban: Jen Shah revealed that her lawyer advised her to stop getting botox injections ahead of her fraud trial on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City

‘I’m like what?,’ Jen said as the women looked on incredulously.

‘She goes, ”When we were talking earlier, you were talking about something very emotional and you were crying but your face wasn’t moving. I need your face to move!”,’ Jen added.

Jen told the women her trial was coming up in a month and that she was grateful for the group trip because she needed a reprieve from her legal woes.

‘I had a full-on anxiety attack this morning,’ Jen said earlier in their conversation.

Attorney advice: ‘My lead trial attorney Priya [Chaudhry] said, ‘You know, Jen, I’m going to need you to not get botox”,’ Jen told Meredith Marks, 50; Lisa Barlow, 47, and Heather Gay, 40

Jen said she was headed straight to New York from Arizona where her defense team was planning to conduct a mock trial before her actual trial. She said it would be the first time that she would be hearing her side of the case.

‘It is hard to sit there and listen to lies and you can’t talk,’ Jen said.

‘I’ve tried to not take anything for granted anymore and celebrate every single day,’ Jen said emotionally in a confessional. ‘What if something happens and I’m not here to celebrate it next year?’

Getting emotional: ‘I’ve tried to not take anything for granted anymore and celebrate every single day,’ Jen said emotionally in a confessional. ‘What if something happens and I’m not here to celebrate it next year?’

The episode titled Bad Weather Betrayal opened with Whitney Rose, 36, sobbing after Heather yelled at her during their rainy girls weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona.

‘Heather didn’t even know what I was going through,’ Whitney said. ‘She never takes the time to even ask me how I’m doing. It goes straight to my abuse. Everyone uses me.’

Whitney said in a confessional that because of the abuse that she suffered as a child she never learned how to set boundaries.

Loud argument: The episode titled Bad Weather Betrayal opened with Whitney Rose, 36, sobbing after Heather yelled at her during their rainy girls weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona

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‘I’m really hurt by Heather,’ Whitney said in a confessional. ‘I’m starting to realize that maybe Heather doesn’t give a f*** about me.’

Heather returned to the table and told Whitney to not call her a liar.

‘You are too drunk right now to be cognizant of what’s happening,’ Heather said. ‘I don’t care who Lisa’s f***ed. I don’t care who Meredith’s f***ed. I don’t care who you’ve f***ed. I don’t care who Jen’s f***ed. I don’t care. I want to come together and support our friend who’s facing, I’m sorry, 50 years in prison.’

Feelings hurt: ‘I’m really hurt by Heather,’ Whitney said in a confessional. ‘I’m starting to realize that maybe Heather doesn’t give a f*** about me’

Heather said the purpose of the trip was to support Jen and to get focused.

‘No, you get focused cause you were f***ing loaded that night, Heather,’ Whitney said.

Whitney got up and Heather pushed her out of the way.

Getting physical: Whitney got up and Heather pushed her out of the way

‘You just lost me forever and that was the biggest mistake of your life,’ Heather said.

Jen and Lisa went to check on Heather. Jen thanked her for being there for her. Whitney went to her room and crashed.

At 2am, Jen brought out her makeup artist calling her ‘Crystal Pussy’ and Crystal then danced around in lingerie.

Good times: At 2am, Jen brought out her makeup artist calling her ‘Crystal Pussy’ and Crystal then danced around in lingerie

‘This feels wrong,’ Heather said in a confessional.

Jen shared that Crystal was a twerking instructor.

‘I need you to twerk like you need to make some money to pay your rent,’ Jen said.

Twerking lessons: ‘I need you to twerk like you need to make some money to pay your rent,’ Jen said

Heather and Meredith got down on the ground and practiced twerking.

‘I will not be making rent this week and I’m okay with it,’ Meredith said to the camera.

In the morning, Heather woke up in her room and found that Whitney had shredded her friendship card.

Rent money: ‘I will not be making rent this week and I’m okay with it,’ Meredith said to the camera

Whitney got ready to see her half siblings Curtis and Kelli who were in Arizona and left the house.

In a confessional, Whitney said the process of remembering her childhood has been intense for her. She went to her half brother’s house to spend time with him and her half sister Kelli. Whitney said that they all share the same father.

‘I’m on this massive healing journey,’ Whitney said.

Childhood abuse: In a confessional, Whitney said the process of remembering her childhood has been intense for her

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Whitney told them that she realized she had been abused and manipulated as a child. Whitney said in a confessional that their trauma was different but that they all shared the feeling of being let down by a person that they should have been able to trust.

Whitney started crying in front of her half siblings.

‘It will never make sense to you,’ Kelli said.

Support system: Whitney went to see her half siblings Curtis and Kelli who were in Arizona after learning that she had blocked out childhood memories due to being abused

‘Do you want it to disappear and never feel it because it hasn’t for me yet,’ Curtis said.

‘It never will,’ Kelli said.

‘No, I just needed to see you both and hear you say it’s okay that I let it go,’ Whitney said.

Healing journey: ‘No, I just needed to see you both and hear you say it’s okay that I let it go,’ Whitney said

Whitney said in a confessional that she didn’t know what the next steps were to heal but that she was going to try to let go.

The next afternoon at the house, the women gathered for breakfast at around 2 p.m. Lisa decided she was going to focus on letting their remaining time together be about Jen.

‘I’m going to put all this petty bulls*** aside for a little bit,’ Lisa said.

Petty stuff: ‘I’m going to put all this petty bulls*** aside for a little bit,’ Lisa Barlow said as she decided to focus on Jen

Whitney returned from her half brother’s house. The women helped Jen pack and gave her a group hug when she left which inspired Lisa and Meredith to bury the hatchet and hug.

Later that night, the remaining housewives went out to dinner. Whitney told Meredith at the table that she was really hurt by Heather not backing her up and calling her a liar.

‘She knows that one of my biggest issues is trust, not being heard, being abused, and being taken advantage of,’ Whitney said.

Tender moment: Lisa and Meredith opted to bury the hatchet and hug

When Heather returned to the table, Whitney told her that she hurt her deeply. Heather said she never heard the story about Lisa that Whitney wanted to back her up on. Whitney insisted that they talked about Lisa.

‘Absolutely not about blowjobs for courtside seats,’ Heather said. ‘You want to talk about s** you talk about it. I don’t have to sign up for every single issue.’

Heather said Whitney did not need her to back her story up, while Whitney said she did.

Deep hurt: When Heather returned to the table, Whitney told her that she hurt her deeply

‘Why? To say I’ve heard Lisa gave a blowjob for courtside seats?’ Heather

‘Can we stop saying that?’ Lisa said. ‘That’s really upsetting for me.’

‘It was supposed to be a trip for Jen,’ Heather said. ‘Our friend is facing 50 years in prison.’

Trip purpose: ‘It was supposed to be a trip for Jen,’ Heather said. ‘Our friend is facing 50 years in prison’

Heather told Whitney that she arranged the trip for Jen but then made it all about her.

‘You wanted to celebrate Jen not to work through all your personal issues,’ Heather said.

In a confessional, Whitney said Heather’s comments were a huge blow.

Personal issues: ‘You wanted to celebrate Jen not to work through all your personal issues,’ Heather said

‘It hurts,’ Whitney said.

‘Heather, what you need to realize is where my pain is coming from is because the one person that was safe to me, you, that is where my pain is,’ Whitney said. ‘Abuse. Being taken advantage of. Not having a voice.’

Heather said she was hurt as well.

Pain source: ‘Heather, what you need to realize is where my pain is coming from is because the one person that was safe to me, you, that is where my pain is,’ Whitney said. ‘Abuse. Being taken advantage of. Not having a voice’

‘Why don’t you be accountable on a trip to celebrate our friend who’s facing real problems and real issues,’ Heather said.

‘You pushed me into a wall and called me a liar,’ Whitney said.

‘We are leaving tomorrow, can we just have fun for a minute,’ Meredith said.

Wall push: ‘You pushed me into a wall and called me a liar,’ Whitney said

Back at the house the women worried about how Jen would cope.

‘Do you guys think Stuart [Smith] is going to testify against her?,’ Heather asked referencing Jen’s assistant who also was charged and accepted a plea deal.

Meredith said Stuart already took a plea and that odds were that he was definitely not on Jen’s side.

Good question: ‘Do you guys think Stuart [Smith] is going to testify against her?,’ Heather asked referencing Jen’s assistant who also was charged and accepted a plea deal

‘The conviction rate in the Southern District of New York is extremely high,’ Meredith said in a confessional. ‘Her statistics aren’t good here.’

Jen was charged in March 2021 with conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud and initially pleaded not guilty. She later pleaded guilty to commit wire fraud in July and her sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 28 in New York.

The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City will return next Wednesday on Bravo.

Conviction rate: ‘The conviction rate in the Southern District of New York is extremely high,’ Meredith said in a confessional. ‘Her statistics aren’t good here’