Real Housewives stars including Stacey Rusch and Cynthia Bailey are showing their support for Wendy Osefo after she and husband Eddie Osefo were arrested on fraud charges earlier this month.
On Sunday, October 19, Wendy — one of the stars of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Potomac — broke her silence following her and Eddie’s October 9 arrests in an Instagram post. “And through it all, GOD remains faithful. Thank you for the outpouring of love, support, and prayers for myself and most importantly my family during this time. We are forever grateful🙏🏾,” the former Johns Hopkins University professor wrote.
In the comments section of Wendy’s post, stars from across the Real Housewives universe showed their support for Wendy, 41, including her RHOP costar Stacey.
Former QVC host Stacey, 53, wrote: “Love you ❤️.”
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Wendy responded to her costar, “@msstaceyrusch Thank you for being a true friend and sister. I love you 🤍.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Cynthia, 58, dropped three red heart emojis on Wendy’s post, while former costar Marlo Hampton left four fire emojis, responding to Wendy’s photos of her posing in a black and white dress.
Former RHOP “friend” Jacqueline Blake wrote, “❤️❤️🙏🏿🙏🏿 He always shows up in our darkest times. Stay strong for them babies.”
Fellow former “friend” Askale Davis wrote, “But God! 🙌🏾🙌🏾.”
Wendy and husband Eddie, also 41, were indicted on charges, including insurance fraud, conspiracy insurance fraud and making false statements to police officers, earlier this month, per court documents obtained by Us Weekly.
The couple were arrested on October 9 and released the following day after they each posted $50,000 bail, the Carroll County Detention Center confirmed to Us.
“Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are back home safely with their family and in good spirits,” a rep for the couple told Us in a statement at the time. “They are grateful for the outpouring of concern and support from friends, fans, and colleagues. The Osefos, alongside their legal team, look forward to their day in court. At this time, they respectfully ask for privacy as they focus on their family and the legal process ahead.”
The indictment came after the Osefos reported a burglary to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office in April 2024, claiming that they had returned home from a vacation in Jamaica to find several handbags, jewelry and other luxury items had been stolen. The couple filed multiple insurance claims with various companies for the items and received payouts, authorities said.
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The police department became suspicious of the couple’s claims, alleging that several items reported stolen were returned for a refund at the point of purchase. Police said they also found images of Wendy “wearing jewelry that had been reported stolen after the burglary took place.”
The police also obtained email correspondence between Wendy and her husband in which Eddie allegedly asked if there were “additional high-value items we can add to this inventory listing (i.e., Chanel shoes, etc.)? I’m trying to get the total to exceed $423,000 which is our policy maximum.”
Following the arrests, RHOP cast member Ashley Darby quickly took aim at Wendy during an event in Washington, D.C. “We’re making melodies, not felonies, if you know what I mean,” Ashley, 37, said while performing at Mr. Henry’s on October 10, per the New York Post‘s Page Six.
“I’m just throwing it out there,” she reportedly said. “In case there’s some confusion, that’s what we’re doing around here. That’s all I’m doing here. Just making melodies. This ain’t news to us. This just news to y’all.”
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The Real Housewives of Orange County’s Tamra Judge claimed she received a message from one of Wendy’s neighbors casting doubt on her and Eddie’s burglary claims.
“Her neighbor slid into my DM. [She said] basically, they all got notices on their front door or in their mailbox that there had been a burglary at Wendy and Eddie’s house. And instantly, the whole entire neighborhood was thinking, ‘This is insurance fraud,’” Tamra said on her “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast on Tuesday, October 14.
