The Real Housewives of Atlanta aired its third and final part of the reunion show this past Sunday. During the reunion the husbands got a chance to sit on the couch and talk about the show. Of course the topic of Apollo’s pending charges came up and both Phaedra and Apollo got into a heated debate with Kenya Moore. Now, it seems that Kenya may have the last laugh. Its being reported that Apollo Nida has pleaded guilty to some of his charges and is putting the blame on REALITY TV!!!! Here’s what’s being reported over at Necole Bitchie:
Today in court, Apollo pleaded guilty to charges of mail, wire and bank fraud, all while acknowledging his wrongdoings. He also answered the one question we’ve had since January: “why?!!!” Apparently, he wanted to keep up with the reality show star lifestyle and with wife Phaedra, who he claims had no knowledge of his fraudulent activities.
Nida said in court that he takes “full responsibility for my actions” and expressed regret for hurting his family and any individuals and institutions affected by his fraud. “It was a dumb situation I put myself in,” he said.
In 2009, Nida had just left prison after five years for federal racketeering charges related to auto title fraud. He and Parks married and she soon signed on to be part of Real Housewives of Atlanta.
He said she was making far more money than him and he felt pressure to keep up. (He cited a $600,000 contract for her but didn’t say how long that was supposed to last.) Without easy legitimate ways to make some money, he opted for this illegal scheme instead. But he claimed to her he was running a legitimate debt recovery firm and kept her firmly in the dark.
He said he even had a nervous breakdown at one point over the pressures to “sustain a lifestyle” befitting of a reality show star. And once he started the scheme, he found it difficult to stop. “I got sucked in and engulfed and lost sight of things,” he said.
Nida said he often didn’t think about whether this was hurting anybody because he was primarily targeting private businesses and the government, not individuals. And in the case of unclaimed property, what were the odds these folks would ever claim them?
Apollo’s “right hand b-tch” Gayla St. Julien was sentenced to over five years in prison last month after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The reality star will learn his fate on July 8th at 2pm. He faces 30 years in prison.
Woooow!!!
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