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Maybe Elizabeth Holmes could join Jen Shah’s popular abs class in prison

The last the world saw of Elizabeth Holmes, the once high-flying Theranos CEO was smiling and “laughing with guards” as she walked into the federal minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas, Tuesday to begin her 11-year sentence for defrauding investors of her failed blood-testing startup.

If Holmes’ smiling face dropped into uncertainty and anguish once she traded in her casually stylish sweater and frayed jeans for a prison uniform, she could look to another celebrity prisoner for ideas on how to cope with the harsh reality of her new circumstances.

May 30, 2023: Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, left, is escorted into a Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, where she will spend the next 11 years serving her sentence for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
May 30, 2023: Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, left, is escorted into a Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, where she will spend the next 11 years serving her sentence for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) 

Jen Shah, the former star of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” who preceded Holmes into the Bryan prison camp, has done all she can to stay busy, her friends have told media outlets over the past few months. This week, the reality star’s assistant disclosed that Shah has begun leading a fitness class for herself and other prisoners. She calls it her “Shah-Mazing Abs” class, and it’s become “wildly popular,” the assistant, Murilo Bueno, told Us Weekly Wednesday.

“She holds the classes on Thursdays and Fridays,” Bueno said. “Some people literally just watch from the sidelines. But she’s been having between 60 to 80 women in each class.”  In another interview last month, the assistant revealed that Shah has earned the nickname, “Jen Fonda,” for teaching the classes.

Shah, 49, organized the classes with the permission and help of prison staff. “She’s really trying to stay busy,” Bueno explained. “And I think that this not only (worked) because it sounded great for her, but it also sounded good for them in there to help people stay active.”

Perhaps Holmes could one day find her way to Shah’s class. In her first week, it’s likely that the 39-year-old Stanford University drop-out is grieving the end of her old life and her separation from her partner, Billy Evans, and two small children. She also has to find her way around her new home — which includes living in cell with up to three other women, buying basic toiletries and clothing items from the commissary and following regimented times for waking, eating and being present for the “count.”

Up until Tuesday, Holmes had been free on bail since federal authorities hit her with fraud charges in 2018. Her imprisonment capped a five-year legal odyssey for the fallen entrepreneur whose company was once valued at $9 billion. She battled in court first to avoid a conviction and prison sentence, then to delay her incarceration. This final battle ended last month when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied her bid to remain free while she appeals her conviction.

Former federal prisoners have told this news organization that it’s important for inmates to stay busy — whether that’s reading, studying, exercising or working around the prison in jobs that could earn from 12 cents to $1.15 per hour. Shah’s assistant said the reality TV star wanted to start her exercise class, knowing it’s an important way to stay physically fit, with exercise also helping to boost morale.



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