The Actual Housewives of Miami's latest forged member, Stephanie Shojaee, has no time for false accusations.
The fact star, 40, took to her Instagram Tales to defend herself towards claims that she had an affair along with her now-husband, Masoud Shojaee, and used intercourse to attain her profession objectives.
Stephanie opened up her Tales to nameless questions on Sunday, July 13. “Are the rumors true!! Had been you his assistant!” one fan despatched in a reference to a rumor that Stephanie initially labored for her husband and had an affair whereas he was married to Maria Lamas.
“Assistant?” Stephanie answered. “I've NEVER even met the lady… Let's be clear: rumors like that don't begin from fact, they begin from bitter individuals in search of consideration However I get it… when individuals can't be a part of a narrative, they rewrite it…”
In a lawsuit filed in February 2023, Masoud's ex-wife, Lamas and the pair's daughters, Anelise and Lilibet, accused Stephanie of defamation after she spoke about her relationship during an interview on the “Divorced Not Lifeless” podcast in December 2022.
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“The false and spiteful statements portrayed Ms. Lamas as incompetent, careless, lazy and hateful,” the Real Deal reported the grievance learn on the time. “And portrayed the daughters as ungrateful, spiteful and total dreadful girls who've abused the goodwill and kindness of Mr. Shojaee.”
Based on the outlet, Stephanie raised Lamas' ire by evaluating their respective relationships with Masoud.
“[Mr. Shojaee and I are] an unstoppable power vs. when he was together with his ex-wife, who wasn't a workaholic, didn't go to work, didn't actually care a lot,” Stephanie allegedly stated. “She spent in all probability more cash. She simply didn't have social media to flaunt it.”
Lamas' lawsuit was dropped in October 2023.
Stephanie and Masoud married in 2019, one 12 months after Masoud and Lamas finalized their divorce.
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In a second Instagram Story on Sunday, the truth star additionally shot down accusations that she “slept her method to the highest.”
“If sleeping your method to the highest labored, you'd be on high too,” she responded. “So what occurred? As a result of By the seems to be of your profile you slept your self to the Walmart clearance aisle…”
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On the July 7 episode of RHOM, Stephanie told castmate Larsa Pippen, “My husband began Shoma Group, the third largest actual property improvement firm in South Florida within the early '80s,” she stated, later including, “I knew at a really younger age that I wished to be filthy wealthy. I'm sleeping and I am going like this, ‘We gotta make cash!'”
Stephanie has additionally been open about her background as a first-generation American. “My mother and father got here to this nation with nothing however a backpack,” she stated in a present confessional. “Being a first-generation American has made me who I'm at the moment. There isn't a room for failure. You must maintain going till you make it. If one door closes, go discover one other door. If that door's closed, maintain looking.”
