One other “Actual Housewives of Potomac” star is going through authorized bother: Wendy Osefo and her husband, Eddie Osefo, have been arrested for allegedly fraudulently reporting a housebreaking and theft final 12 months.
A grand jury in Carroll County, Md., indicted the spouses Thursday on “a number of counts associated to fraud,” the Carroll County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced Friday in a assertion. The fact TV stars, each 41, have been booked at Carroll County Central Reserving. They have been launched Friday after posting bond, the assertion mentioned.
A consultant for the Osefos mentioned Friday that they’re “again dwelling safely with their household and in good spirits.”
“They’re grateful for the outpouring of concern and assist from associates, followers, and colleagues,” the consultant continued. “The Osefos, alongside their authorized staff, sit up for their day in courtroom. Presently, they respectfully ask for privateness as they concentrate on their household and the authorized course of forward.”
Wendy Osefos faces 16 prices, together with seven felony prices for alleged false/deceptive info fraud involving greater than $300, eight misdemeanor conspiracy counts and a misdemeanor for an alleged false assertion to an officer. Her husband faces the identical prices and can be on the hook for 2 further felony counts. They’re due again in courtroom in November.
The fraud prices stem from an April 2024 housebreaking reported on the Osefos’ dwelling in Finksburg, Md., greater than 27 miles northwest of Baltimore. The Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned regulation enforcement responded to a report of housebreaking and theft and met with the spouses, who claimed their dwelling “had been entered and quite a few objects had been stolen” whereas they have been on trip, the assertion mentioned.
“They reported roughly 80 objects of jewellery, luxurious items, clothes, and sneakers have been stolen,” the assertion mentioned, “price a complete of greater than $200,000.”
Police mentioned Friday that detectives investigating the housebreaking discovered that the Osefos had returned greater than $20,000 of the “stolen” objects to their factors of buy. Detectives additionally noticed photos of Wendy Osefo taken after the alleged housebreaking carrying a hoop she mentioned was amongst objects that have been stolen.
Courtroom paperwork present that the Osesfos filed a declare with an insurance coverage firm alleging a lack of $450,000 price of private property, based on TMZ.
“It turned clear that the Osefos had fabricated the housebreaking and filed a false report [in an] try to fraud their insurance coverage firm,” Carroll County Sheriff James T. DeWees mentioned throughout a press briefing Friday.
Wendy Osefo joined “Actual Housewives of Potomac” for its fifth season in late 2020 and has been a part of the solid since. She is a political commentator, creator and life-style model entrepreneur. Eddie Osefo is an legal professional and self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur” whose companies embody a enterprise company and a hashish edibles line.
In wake of the arrests, Bravo pushed its Oct. 14 episode of “Spouse Swap: The Actual Housewives Version,” that includes the Osefos, till Oct. 21, Selection reported.
The couple was arrested a 12 months and a half after one other “RHOP” persona publicly confronted authorized woes. Karen Huger, identified amongst followers because the “grand dame,” was arrested in March 2024 for driving beneath the affect after she crossed a median and hit road indicators, crashing her Maserati. She was convicted in December of driving beneath the affect and negligent driving, amongst different prices.
She was launched from jail in September after serving six months of a yearlong jail sentence.
