“It simply looks like somebody is out to get the women,” mentioned Dillard in an interview after studying about Wendy Osefo’s arrest.
Actual Housewives of Potomac alum Candiace Dillard Basset was “floored” by her former costar Wendy Osefo’s arrest.
Throughout an look on Fox 5 DC on Friday, Dillard Bassett reacted in nearly actual time to Osefo’s detainment, saying she was “shocked” and “shaking” after discovering out the information moments earlier than going reside.
This morning, TMZ confirmed that Dr. Osefo and her husband, Edward “Eddie” Osefo, had been booked on fraud costs in Maryland on Thursday. The truth star is dealing with 16 costs, together with 7 felonies, for allegedly making false/deceptive information fraud in extra of $300. She’s additionally dealing with one misdemeanor depend of creating a false assertion to an officer.
Within the Fox interview, Dillard Bassett expressed disappointment, earlier than citing RHOP star Karen Huger’s latest stint behind bars for DUI, saying “one may opine that maybe Karen was made an instance of” and suggesting the identical was taking place right here.
“$300 and we’re arresting a mom and a father?” she continued. “Enterprise homeowners, entrepreneurs … we all know that the Osefos have a really profitable marijuana enterprise, they’re offering jobs and alternatives for individuals of coloration within the space … so my first thought is, are they being focused?”
“I do know the Osefos, I do know their kids, I do know their household, I am heartbroken,” she added, earlier than saying, “It simply looks like somebody is out to get the women.”
“How are two ladies from the identical present — the identical present that options African American ladies within the local weather that we’re dwelling in immediately, the place individuals are being picked up and snatched off the road for frivolous nonsense, I wish to see every thing earlier than I make my closing ideas,” she concluded.

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Investigators declare the Osefos misled native police after an alleged residence housebreaking in April of 2024. The couple, who had been on trip in Jamaica, claimed their residence had been ransacked.
After the incident, they filed claims for stolen gadgets with two insurance coverage corporations; the checklist included Wendy’s gold diamond anniversary band. The ring, nevertheless, not been reported lacking within the authentic submitting and Carroll County Sheriff’s deputies declare they later noticed Osefo carrying the ring on her Instagram.
A consultant for the Osefos advised TMZ, “Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are again residence safely with their household and in good spirits. They’re grateful for the outpouring of concern and assist from associates, followers, and colleagues.”