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Wendy Osefo and husband Eddie Osefo are in deep trouble with the regulation.
As beforehand reported, The Actual Housewives of Potomoc solid member was arrested this week on a mess 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 keeping with authorities, each Wendy and Eddie alleged designer luggage and jewellery had been lacking from their bed room throughout a supposed housebreaking in April 2024.
The Bravo character, nonetheless, was allegedly seen sporting one of many stolen diamond rings in a subsequent social media publish.
A police investigation decided that different objects they claimed had been stolen had been bought and returned to their respective shops “the place a full refund was supplied previous to the alleged housebreaking.”
Prosecutors declare the well-known couple tried to put in writing off a $450,000 private property loss through an insurance coverage firm.
Because it seems, although, they could have merely been mendacity about these things having been stolen.
“Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are again house safely with their household and in good spirits. They’re grateful for the outpouring of concern and assist from pals, followers and colleagues,” a consultant for the couple mentioned on Friday.
“The Osefos, alongside their authorized crew, sit up for their day in courtroom. At the moment, they respectfully ask for privateness as they concentrate on their household and the authorized course of forward.”
It’s unlikely a actuality star who has been a core solid member on The Actual Housewives of Potomoc since 2020 may 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 reside.
“I do know the Osefos, I do know their youngsters, I do know their household, I’m heartbroken,” she added. “It simply seems like somebody is out to get the ladies.”
The dad and mom of three (Karter, 11, Kruz, 9, and Kamrynn, 5) are due again in courtroom in November, on-line courtroom data state.
As Wendy’s authorized woes play out, she’s 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’d deal with it the identical method, no matter who she was.” DeWees instructed reporters.
Osefo isn’t the primary member of the Potomac solid to be confronted with authorized challenges.
Authentic solid 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.