Former RHOA Star Apollo Nida Released From Prison After Five Years

Former Real Housewives Of Atlanta Star Apollo Nida Gets Out Of Jail After Five Years

• Apollo Nida, the former husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks is released from jail.
• Nida, 40, served five years in prison for bank fraud and identity theft charges.
• Nida previously stayed behind the bar for five years from 2004 to 2009 for auto title fraud.
• He was married to Phaedra Parks from 2009 to 2014.

Television personality and former husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Phaedra Parks, Apollo Nida is out of jail after serving five years. Currently, he is at a halfway house in Philadelphia.

As per the online records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Nida will remain in Philadelphia until October 15.

Nida was sentenced in 2014 over bank fraud and identity theft charges. He was arrested in January 2014, and a few months later, he pleaded guilty to the charges.

People reported Nida's lawyer Thomas D. Bever told them:

On behalf of my client Apollo, right now he feels remorse. He thought the judge was fair, and accepts his sentence, although he was hoping it would be less.

He added,

Apollo is elated that this proceeding is past him and is no longer handing over his head. It meant everything to him that his mother and brother spoke on his behalf. He's OK, and will get through this.

Nida entered the Fort Dix Correctional Facility in New Jersey in July 2014. He was initially sentenced for 96 months, however, in March 2019, his time in prison was reduced by a full year.

Nida previously stayed behind the bar for five years from 2004 to 2009 for auto title fraud. After getting out of the prison, he got married Parks in 2009. They gave birth to two children; sons Ayden, 9, and Dylan, 5 before their split in 2014. The separation came before Nida's second sentence, and their divorce was finalized in 2017.

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