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Wendy Osefo and husband Eddie Osefo are in deep trouble with the legislation.
As beforehand reported, The Actual Housewives of Potomoc forged member was arrested this week on a large number of felonies… together with insurance coverage fraud, conspiracy insurance coverage fraud and making a false assertion to a police officer.
The spouses had been booked in Westminster, Maryland on October 9; with bail set at $50,000. They had been launched on Friday.
In line with authorities, each Wendy and Eddie alleged designer baggage and jewellery had been lacking from their bed room throughout a supposed housebreaking in April 2024.
The Bravo persona, nonetheless, was allegedly seen sporting one of many stolen diamond rings in a subsequent social media put up.
A police investigation decided that different gadgets they claimed had been stolen had been bought and returned to their respective shops “the place a full refund was offered previous to the alleged housebreaking.”
Prosecutors declare the well-known couple tried to write down off a $450,000 private property loss through an insurance coverage firm.
Because it seems, although, they might have merely been mendacity about this stuff having been stolen.
“Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are again residence safely with their household and in good spirits. They’re grateful for the outpouring of concern and help from mates, followers and colleagues,” a consultant for the couple stated on Friday.
“The Osefos, alongside their authorized group, stay up for their day in court docket. At the moment, they respectfully ask for privateness as they deal with their household and the authorized course of forward.”
It’s unlikely a actuality star who has been a core forged member on The Actual Housewives of Potomoc since 2020 could have this request granted.
Throughout an look on Fox 5 DC on Friday, for instance, Bravo alum Dillard Bassett reacted in virtually actual time to Osefo’s detainment, saying she was “shocked” and “shaking” after discovering out the information moments earlier than going stay.
“I do know the Osefos, I do know their kids, I do know their household, I’m heartbroken,” she added. “It simply appears like somebody is out to get the women.”
The mother and father of three (Karter, 11, Kruz, 9, and Kamrynn, 5) are due again in court docket in November, on-line court docket information state.
As Wendy’s authorized woes play out, she is going to proceed to look on Season 10 of The Actual Housewives of Potomoc, which airs Sundays on Bravo.
In a press convention known as by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Workplace on Friday afternoon, Sheriff James T. DeWees detailed the fees, after which took questions.
“I don’t care if she’s actual housewife, faux housewife, or no matter she is — we might deal with it the identical approach, no matter who she was.” DeWees advised reporters.
Osefo isn’t the primary member of the Potomac forged to be confronted with authorized challenges.
Unique forged member Karen Huger was arrested in March 2024 for driving beneath the affect, which she denied all all through Season 9 of the present.
She was then convicted in December 2024, and sentenced to as much as two years in jail, though Huger was launched on September 2 after serving a six-month sentence.
