Sharrieff Shah, Jen Shah, Monica Garcia.Photo:Jen Shah/Instagram; Clifton Prescod/Bravo via Getty
Jen Shah/Instagram; Clifton Prescod/Bravo via Getty
Coach Shahis maintaining his innocence in the court of public opinion.
Sharrieff Shah, better known as Coach Shah, was mentioned inReal Housewives of Salt Lake CitystarHeather Gay’s upcoming memoir,Good Time Girl,when she dropped a major bomb regarding him and formerRHOSLCcast memberMonica Garcia.
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In the excerpt, Gay writes that Garcia and Sharrieff met at a parking lot of a gas station and Garcia claims the football coach tried to kiss her. According to Gay, Garcia “pushed him off.”
Gay writes that Garcia allegedly was “pining” for Sharrieff “from the moment she met him, and this was one of her absurd fantasies.”
A rep for the Shahs tells PEOPLE exclusively that both Jen and Sharrieff deny anything of the sort ever occurred, claiming Garcia has a history of spreading rumors.
At the time, Garcia insisted she only participated in RealityVonTease to expose Jen, who is currently serving afive-year prison sentencefor her role in a long-running telemarketing scheme.
“I didn’t say s— about anyone else other than Jen and I will own that to the grave,” she shouted at the women during the season 4 finale, adding she didn’t see RealityVonTease as a “bad thing” because it was “just telling the truth.”
Gay, however, called Garcia a “cyberbully internet troll” before delivering her iconic line stating she had a collection of “receipts, proof, timeline [and] screenshots” to prove her claims.
Heather Gay and Monica Garcia.Emma McIntyre/Variety via Getty; Emma McIntyre/Variety via Getty
Emma McIntyre/Variety via Getty; Emma McIntyre/Variety via Getty
The rest of the Housewives agreed with Gay: “You f—ing deceived all of us,” Lisa Barlow shouted, while Meredith Marks yelled, “You’ve sat here with us for three months and not told us the truth.”
Garciaexited the showafter the incident, although executive producer Andy Cohendid not shut down the possibilityof a future return.
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During a filming ofWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenon Friday, Nov. 22, Marks,GayandBarlowall unanimously agreed they’d rather Jen return thanformer cast member Monica Garcia.
The next day, Marks elaborated on the possibility ofJen returning to the showfollowing her prison sentence.
“Accountability goes a long way in our circle,” Marks told PEOPLE. “If you say, ‘Look, I screwed up and I made a mistake and I’m sorry’ — that matters. If she’s taking accountability and doing what she needs to do to make it better, that’s the best she can do right now. There’s nothing else she can do beyond that.”
“We’re human. We all do things that we’re not proud of that are wrong at times,” Marks continued. “This is a big one, obviously; it’s a bad one. But she’s in prison. She’s serving her time.She’s paying restitution. I mean, she’s not earning a ton of money, but she’s doing what she can. And thats all a big price to pay. I don’t know what more you can ask from her.”
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake Cityairs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
Heather Gay’s memoirGood Time Girlwill be published on Dec. 3.
source: people.com