Former “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller has recently been handed down a one-year sentence for fraud.
Miller, who rose to reality fame as the strict dance instructor in the Lifetime show, was indicted by a Pittsburgh grand jury on bankruptcy fraud, concealment of bankruptcy assets, and false bankruptcy declarations in October of 2015, Buzzfeed reported. The charges transpired following Miller, who had over USD350,000 in debt then, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition back in December 2010 to supposedly to reorganize her dance studio business. She then signed an agreement to begin filming “Dance Moms,” which resulted to Miller incurring over USD750,000 in income she failed to mention the bankruptcy court. Miller has since pleaded guilty to the said charges.
Prosecutors also said that Miller also brought in USD120,000 in Australian dollars in the US but failed to report it, Variety reported.
Shortly after the sentencing, Miller sat down with GMA about the sentencing and said, "A year and a day. It sounds like a movie title. We're just going to pretend I'm shooting a movie and we're on set and I'm there for 10 months and that's the way it's going to be."
She also shared her realizations and added, "[I hope to] be a smarter businesswoman and also to worry about myself. I have spent so much time and so much energy making other people's children stars. I didn't have any children of my own. These were my kids and I raised them like they were my kids."
