Shah and Holmes were chatting openly<\/a>, in a friendly manner.<\/p>\nThis was just ahead of visiting hours. Holmes was anticipating the arrival of her husband, parents, and both small children \u2014 to celebrate her 40th birthday.<\/p>\n
Jen Shah is serving out a six year prison sentence. Elizabeth Holmes\u2019 sentence is for 11 years.<\/p>\n
The two have a lot in common. Both are mothers, both are predatory fraudsters, and both were famous even before their crimes came to light.<\/p>\n
Apparently, all of that \u2014 and perhaps more \u2014 has been the foundation of their carceral friendship.<\/p>\nTheranos\u2019 founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives, flanked by prision officials, at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, on May 30, 2023. (Photo Credit: MARK FELIX\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBoth Jen Shah and Elizabeth Holmes have had major downgrades<\/h2>\n In addition to other things in common, Shah and Holmes were both wealthy. (That status is firmly in the past tense for Holmes, whose current net worth estimate is zero dollars<\/em>)<\/p>\nNow that they are both serving their sentences at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, their lifestyles have plummeted.<\/p>\n
The women now share four-person rooms with other inmates, sleeping in bunk beds. They live in a dehumanizing environment where almost every aspect of their lives is no longer under their control.<\/p>\nLoud and unapologetic, Jen Shah clashes with castmates over her social media wrongdoings. She blames her social media manager. (Image Credit: Bravo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInfamously, Shah defrauded thousands of people \u2014 predominantly the elderly \u2014 through a sinister telemarketing scam.<\/p>\n
She has been in prison for about a year, after reporting in February 2023. Shah did, eventually, enter a guilty plea.<\/p>\n
Shah must repay $6,500,000 and surrender dozens of luxury items. They were, by extension, ill-gotten gains.<\/p>\nFormer Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. (Photo Credit: Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nElizabeth Holmes\u2019 fraud was an even larger enterprise<\/h2>\n Holmes\u2019 company, Theranos, made false claims to investors. Her blood-testing machine did not really work, and it was an elaborate con that had her estimated net worth in the billions \u2014 at one point.<\/p>\n
One might argue that defrauding wealthy investors is a victimless crime. But this is not <\/em>a hustle that one can respect.<\/p>\nTheranos\u2019 big product was a faulty blood test. Cancer patients, HIV patients, people who received false positives, and more \u2014 all of them suffered needlessly as part of an elaborate con.<\/p>\nRHOSLC star Jen Shah expressed her anguish and other negative feelings many time during her years on the show. Now, she has even more reasons to feel unhappy. (Image Credit: Bravo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn prison, Jen Shah has reportedly been making herself a role model and fitness instructor for her fellow inmates.<\/p>\n
She has workout classes. Allegedly, Holmes participates in these sessions pretty regularly.<\/p>\n
Shah may be keeping herself busy. Or maybe she\u2019s hoping that her good behavior behind bars will pay off. <\/p>\nThis purple and feathery reunion look was so good for Jen Shah. But her behavior was so, so bad. (Image Credit: Bravo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe have to emphasize that most of what we\u2019ve heard about Jen Shah in prison has come by way of her representative. That is never a neutral party.<\/p>\n
It is possible that Shah\u2019s non-wealthy, non-famous cellmates might give a different description of her activities. We don\u2019t know, because they don\u2019t have reps to speak for them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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