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The Actual Housewives of Potomac star Wendy Osefo is pushing again arduous in opposition to the fraud prices which have landed each her and her husband, Eddie Osefo, in severe authorized hassle.
In line with Us Weekly, Wendy “is claiming she is the sufferer of an ‘unlawful’ arrest as she fights her fraud prices in court docket.”
On October 17, her lawyer filed new court docket paperwork in Maryland demanding that your entire case be thrown out. The submitting requested that “all prices be dismissed attributable to alleged ‘defects within the charging doc.’” Wendy additionally requested that “all proof be ‘suppressed due to an illegal search or seizure,’” and additional requested that any “wire and verbal communications be ‘suppressed due to an illegal interception.’”
Her lawyer didn’t cease there — the submitting reportedly said that Osefo “was illegally arrested” and argued that “all admissions, statements or confessions shouldn’t be allowed as proof as a result of ‘they had been unlawfully obtained.’”
What the Fees Are About
As beforehand reported, Wendy and Eddie “had been arrested in Westminster, Maryland, on October 9 on fraud prices.” Each actuality stars “had been launched from jail after posting $50,000 bond.”
Their arrest adopted a grand jury indictment on a number of counts, together with insurance coverage fraud, conspiracy fraud, and making a false assertion to a police officer. Wendy’s authorized staff has additionally requested that “the trial of co-defendants be severed from the trial(s) of this Defendant.”
Eddie, in accordance with the outlet, “was hit with prices over the identical allegations.”
Wendy’s Subsequent Authorized Strikes
In a separate movement, Wendy’s lawyer demanded that prosecutors flip over every part they’ve. The submitting requested for “an inventory of all witnesses the prosecutors plan to name and any polygraph outcomes of witnesses questioned by regulation enforcement.”
The RHOP star additionally “wished to know if the prosecutors had any confidential informants who labored on the investigation and requested for copies of all official police reviews.” Notably, “Eddie doesn’t have a lawyer listed in his case as of but.”
What Prosecutors Are Alleging
The case stems from an alleged housebreaking that Wendy and Eddie reported again in April 2024. Prosecutors declare the couple “reported a housebreaking at their residence” whereas they had been on trip in Jamaica, saying their home “had been ransacked” and that “numerous costly gadgets had been stolen.”
However investigators reportedly discovered inconsistencies. “The police famous Wendy and Eddie’s safety cameras didn’t catch any movement on the night time in query,” and so they “claimed the couple made deceptive statements to insurance coverage firms and reported sure gadgets stolen that they nonetheless had possession of or had returned earlier than the alleged housebreaking.”
A search warrant reportedly uncovered “at the least 15 gadgets at Wendy and Eddie’s residence that that they had claimed to be stolen throughout the housebreaking.” Prosecutors additionally wrote that the couple had been “burdened by substantial debt.”
Wendy’s Bravo Legacy
Wendy joined The Actual Housewives of Potomac in Season 5 (2020) and shortly turned recognized for her sharp commentary and powerhouse résumé as a professor, commentator, and entrepreneur.
Now, she’s going through what might be her largest battle but — each in court docket and within the court docket of public opinion.
