'The Bravo Docket' breaks down the 'RHOSLC' season 4 reunion finale

The season 4 finale of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City It raised many more questions than it answered, but one mystery was ultimately solved: Heather Gay's black eye.

Heather, 49, claimed that her former costar Jen Shah was the person responsible for her injury after months of saying she blacked out and couldn't remember what happened. (Jen, 50, denied Heather's claim in a post shared via Instagram.)

But this revelation only raised more questions. If Jen really did hit Heather, why did Heather feel compelled to lie about it for so long? There may be answers to the remaining two parts of the RHOSLC reunion, but for now “The Bravo Role” cohost (and trial attorney) Angela Angotti has a theory.

“When you have a bond, especially on federal charges, part of your bond conditions is that you are not allowed to commit any additional crimes,” Angela explained during an exclusive interview with We weekly. “So if she had caused bodily harm to anyone, that could potentially be a major problem for her during her pretrial hearings. They might say, 'Well, this person is behaving erratically, drinking and hitting people. We believe her bond should be revoked. ''

The infamous black eye happened during the RHOSLC cast's season 3 trip to San Diego. Jen was at the time awaiting trial on fraud charges stemming from her arrest in March 2021. (She later changed her plea to guilty and was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.)

According to Angela, the black eye accusation could also have hurt Jen during sentencing, even after she changed her plea. “They could also try to use the fact that she committed assault while awaiting federal criminal trial … to argue for an upward departure in the sentencing guidelines, saying she can't even behave while being filmed ,” Angela said. Us. “So it could have caused a lot of problems for her, and I really think Heather really cares about it Coach [Sharrieff] Shah and Jen's children. And that would be bad if it came out.”

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Angela and her cohost “The Bravo Docket”. Cesie Alvarez I also have plenty of questions Monica García, who was exposed during the explosive season 4 finale as at least one of the parties behind Instagram gossip account Reality Von Tease. “Honestly, I would like to accept her statement,” Angela joked. “You know, swear her in and have her make the statement and show up with evidence.”

Monica, 40, has since claimed that she had less to do with Reality Von Tease than her co-stars think, but either way, she has some explaining to do. If she didn't post her costars, who did?

Angela and Cesie, meanwhile, had their own encounters with Reality Von Tease, dating all the way back to 2021. “This account interacted with us a lot,” Angela recalls. “It was constantly tagging us in every story. There were hundreds of Stories and they tagged us every time.”

It quickly became clear that the person (or people) behind Reality Von Tease had “strong opinions” about Jen that made Cesie and Angela uncomfortable. “We didn't like the level of energy and vitriol towards Jen Shah,” Angela explained. “So we ended up muting the account and not really interacting with it, and we saw how negative it was.”

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The duo had one DM interaction with Reality Von Tease after Jen's trial was postponed. “They were quite angry about it,” Angela said. “We just sent back a very calm response that that's quite normal [for trials to be postponed]. And then they said, 'Oh, okay, thanks.'

After that, Reality Von Tease's interactions with “The Bravo Docket” were limited to tagging posts, and occasionally Reality Von Tease would share snippets of the podcast via Instagram. Like others RHOSLC However, fans only want Cesie and Angela receipts, proof, a timeline and screenshots.

“I hope at some point Monica just gives up and decides to be honest and just open up about everything and say, 'You know what? I'm a bad guy. I did this. I went into this with the intention of doing it,” Angela said Us. “I don't know if we're going to get that kind of courtroom drama from her… but that's one of the things I'd like to see.”

Part 2 of the RHOSLC The Season 4 reunion airs on Bravo, Tuesday, January 16 at 8 PM ET.