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 Apollo Nida Sentenced To 8 Years In Jail! Yes, Nida is back in jail AGAIN! Third times a charm. Of course tough wife Phaedra Parks is not dealing with her man's irresponsible behavior. As if 8 years in jail isn't bad enough,  Phaedra is probably leaving him once he goes to prison. Afterall, Phaedra Parks didn't even attend the trial where Nida was sentenced!  The absence of teh RHOC southern bell is causing rumors to fly the Phaedra is leaving Apollo in the dust! Wow, Real Housewives Of Atlanta star must be sctratching her head wondering why she picked Apollo to be her husband and father of her two little boys as he goes to jail for a thrid time! The 8 year outcome is sad, but well deserved and even a little light considering Nida was facing 30 years in jail for Nida stealing the identities of more than 50 people and laundered more than $2.3 million. Prosecutors say that Apollo, along with a few other criminals, also took out phony auto loans and created fake documents and websites to secure them. Apollo's partner, who was also charged with fraud alongside Apollo, has just received 5 years in jail. Apollo Nida was previously convicted and sentenced to jail for racketeering and began serving his sentence July 28, 2004. He served nearly 5 years of his 18-year sentence before being paroled in May 2009. Apollo ALSO served close to 5 months from December 29, 1998 to May 14, 1999 for theft by receiving stolen goods. Sadly, Apollo has admitted that he had a difficult childhood which included watching a family member die from a heroine overdose when he was a kid. That's a tragedy and we wouldn't wish that on any child, but is a bad childhood an excuse for Nida to continuously break the law, violating elders' social security benefits, and hiring another to go along with Apollo and his schemes?

 Nida knew he was on Real Housewives of Atlanta! So what is with these Housewives stars? Was Apollo trying to financially keep up with his Housewives counterparts? How bad can we possibly feel for Nida? As a reality star didn't Apollo realize that everything he did would be put under a microscope? If you're going to break the law, you shouldn't be on television for the world to stare at you, right? Didn't think that ever needed to be said, but Real Housewives Of New Jersey Teresa and Joe Giudice did the same thing and have gotten caught as well. Certainly being on a hit show like The Real Housewives of Atlanta gave Nida the platform to make money in legal ways! What about Apollo and Phaedra Parks doing thier workout video?! Was that not lucrative enough for Nida. Kenya Moore, whose had problems with Nida and wife Phaedra for years on RHOA tweeted a rather sweet response to his sentencing.  "You can't kick someone while they are down even if they fell trying to trip you. Offer them a hand instead" Kenya tweeted. Apollo Nida's legal team said in a statement about his jail sentence:

"Mr. Nida's lengthy but early small-time criminal history is simply not in the same league as the 'violent offenders, drug kingpins and perpetrators of far more serious offenses' that Criminal History Category V was designed to address."  Maybe wife Phaedra Parks would have been a better attorney for her husband than the team her hired! But Phaedra didn't even attend the court case. What devoted wife wouldn't go to their husband's trial?  Most likely, Phaedra will not be waiting for Apollo to get out of prison. My prediction is the RHOA souther bell will toughen up and move up rather hastily. If she's smart she'll forget all about Apollo rotting in jail adn keep her children away from their criminal daddy. Phaedra should ask Bravo to start documenting her family dealing with life without Nida. Phaedra is no fool and knows how to make money out of anything!

What do you think of the outcome for Apollo?