‘RHOSLC’ Star Jen Shah Said Ghislaine Maxwell Received ‘Concerning’ Special Privileges in Prison

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah spent time behind bars with Ghislaine Maxwell. Both women were serving out sentences at a federal prison camp in Texas. Shah, who is now serving out the remainder of her sentence under home confinement, did not become friendly with Maxwell. They crossed paths enough times for Shah to believe Maxwell was receiving special privileges, though.

Jen Shah believed Ghislaine Maxwell got special privileges in prison 

Maxwell was convicted in 2021 for recruiting and grooming underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein. Despite the severity and infamy of her crimes, Shah claimed Maxwell received special privileges while behind bars.

“Oh no, she was treated very well there. She was afforded things that nobody else was afforded, like private workout sessions, special meals, bottled water,” she told People. “Everybody witnessed it, and I know that firsthand because I worked in [recreation] so I would have to clean things up. I was also asked for certain equipment because she was going to go work out late at night.”

Shah described Maxwell’s special privileges as “concerning.” She also claimed that she did not have to follow the same legal proceedings as other inmates.

“There’s a process you have to go through to schedule your legal calls,” she said. “She would not have to go through the same process.”

Jen Shah said Ghislaine Maxwell didn’t express remorse

Shah said she didn’t want anything to do with Maxwell during her prison sentence. 

“I had limited interactions with her,” she said, adding, “I chose that. I chose to keep my distance.”

She was friendly with Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, and both of them believed that Maxwell did not feel remorseful about her crimes. 

“I just feel like there should be a level of remorse for the victims,” she said. “And she made it very publicly known — at least to Elizabeth and I — that there’s no remorse there. She outrightly said it.”

She said that Maxwell didn’t seem moved when she watched Epstein’s victims speak on television. 

“When the victims would be on TV, she was just in complete disregard for them,” Shah said. “And this is when they are pouring their hearts out in front of Congress for those files to be released.”

Shah said that this bothered her.

“To be so dismissive of that? That just didn’t sit with me the right way.”

She also spent time with Elizabeth Holmes 

Both Shah and Holmes went to prison for fraud. She said that their shared experiences as high profile prisoners brought them closer together.

“Lizzie and I are good friends,” Shah said. “As another high profile prisoner, there are just certain things you’re both dealing with, so you naturally come together in those instances.”

She said they bonded while going for walks together.

“That’s when we would have our time to just talk,” she said. “We’d talk about how much we miss our family. We would talk about plans after; when we were both going to get home. She would ask me, ‘What do you think it’s going to be when you walk in the house? Can you put yourself in there?’ Deep conversations.”