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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 forged 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 have been booked in Westminster, Maryland on October 9; with bail set at $50,000. They have been launched on Friday.
Based on authorities, each Wendy and Eddie alleged designer baggage and jewellery have 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 publish.
A police investigation decided that different gadgets they claimed have 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 by way of an insurance coverage firm.
Because it seems, although, they might have merely been mendacity about these things having been stolen.
“Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are again dwelling 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 stated on Friday.
“The Osefos, alongside their authorized staff, look ahead to their day in courtroom. 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 can have this request granted.
Throughout an look on Fox 5 DC on Friday, for instance, Bravo alum Dillard Bassett reacted in nearly actual time to Osefo’s detainment, saying she was “shocked” and “shaking” after discovering out the information moments earlier than going dwell.
“I do know the Osefos, I do know their youngsters, I do know their household, I’m heartbroken,” she added. “It simply looks like somebody is out to get the ladies.”
The mother and father 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 seem on Season 10 of The Actual Housewives of Potomoc, which airs Sundays on Bravo.
In a press convention referred to as by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Workplace on Friday afternoon, Sheriff James T. DeWees detailed the costs, after which took questions.
“I don’t care if she’s actual housewife, pretend housewife, or no matter she is — we’d deal with it the identical manner, no matter who she was.” DeWees instructed reporters.
Osefo isn’t the primary member of the Potomac forged to be confronted with authorized challenges.
Authentic forged member Karen Huger was arrested in March 2024 for driving below 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.
