Apollo Nida will be getting out of prison sooner than originally expected.
The ex-husband ofReal Housewives of Atlantaalumna Phaedra Parks has been behind barssince July 2014, after pleading guilty to bank fraud and identity theft.
Under his new terms and with credit for time served, Nida is now scheduled to be released on August 2020, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. He is expected to be on probation afterwards, The Blast reports.
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In the meantime, Nida — who shares sons Ayden, 8, and Dylan, 5, with Parks — remains at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, the federal correctional institution whereTeresa Giudice‘s husbandJoe Giudicealso served time.
The twoBravostars met at the facility, Teresa previously revealed, though didn’t spend much time together.
Joe began his 41-month prison sentence there for mail and wire fraud in March 2016 but was later transferred to Pennsylvania, where he stayed at the FCI Allenwood Lowuntil his releaseearlier this month. Joe iscurrently in an ICE detainment center, until a court hears the appeal of his deportation ruling, according to sources.
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Nida and Parks got married in 2009 and split in 2014 before he left for prison. Their divorce was finalized in 2017.
He’s since found love again with fiancée Sherien Almufti, whofamously made an appearance inRHOA‘s ninth season.
“She’s more than cute. Sometimes you gotta upgrade,” Nida told pal Todd Tucker of Almufti onRHOA,while calling from prison. “I’m a one-woman man.”
Parks has also moved on, goingpublic in January with her new boyfriend,Dish Nationhost Tone Kapone.
Parks told PEOPLE in December that despite their messy divorce, she wishes Nida well.
“We have two beautiful sons together,” she said. “I’ll always be grateful for that. I’m hoping he will get married to whomever he is engaged to, honey, and he will be out of my hair.”
source: people.com
