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Jen Shah blamed her former assistant Stuart Smith for betraying her as she faced trial on Wednesday's season finale of The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City. 

The 49-year-old reality star before pleading guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud said that Stuart, 45, was the cause of her misfortune. 

Jen made that statement in a hotel room to Heather Gay, 40, and Meredith Marks, 51, who had traveled to New York City to support her ahead of her federal trial.

'The hardest part for me this week has been somebody that I trusted, that I made sure that he didn't lose his job five times at the company we worked for, made sure that his kids were put in school, made sure he had food on this table, what's been the hardest for me this week is to learn that f***ing person has turned on me,' Jen said.

'Now I just read all the s*** that he said. Stuart's a piece of f***ing s*** And he can play that 'I'm little Stuart Smith' no b**** you are an evil mother f***er and you played me,' she told her friends.

Jen said she wouldn't be in such dire straits if it wasn't for her former assistant Stuart.

'Stuart f***ing played me,' Jen said during the season three episode titled Trials and Tribulations.

'What she is telling us I can hardly believe,' Heather said in a confessional. 'How is Stuart, the guy that chased her snacks and ordered her waxing appointments and bought her tampons. How is he also running this scheme and framing her, and she doesn't know?'

Jen was thankful that Heather and Meredith came to New York to support her.

'It's like having the cavalry show up for you to help you fight,' Jen said in a confessional. 'It's giving me that support I need to help me prepare for what's ahead.'

Jen had spent the day meeting with her attorney Priya Chaudry while Heather and Meredith and her husband Seth, 50, went out for lunch.

'They got the witness list and saw all the former people in their lives that are going to be testifying, and they also got little excerpts of what they're going to say,' Heather told them.

Heather said Jen's husband Sharrieff 'Coach' Shah, 51, confided in her that it was really hard to read all those things about Jen.

'This thing's coming like a freight train right now,' Seth said. 'She's either going to be free and innocent, or the reality, God forbid, she's found guilty.'

'Nobody is disputing that the scheme happened,' Meredith said. 'The question stems from Jen's involvement. Did she have knowledge of what was going on?'

'There is no proof,' Heather said.

'It's not a small thing where you could be facing six months in prison, this is a major, major trial,' Meredith said.

'Have either of you ever asked Jen if she's guilty of any of these charges?' Seth said.

'When your friend looks you in the eye and says ''I'm innocent of this'' you say I will support you in whatever path you're going to take,' Heather said.

Meredith said if Jen was proclaiming her innocence when she was really guilty and not taking accountability to the victims of what she did 'that's a really big problem for me.'

'You believe the people you love,' Heather said.

A producer asked Jen in a confessional if she was finally ready to tell them the real story. She didn't answer.

Next was footage of Jen walking out of court after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was later sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.

Heather flew back to Utah and

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