Mexican Actress Fernanda Romero Gets Sentenced For Marriage Fraud

By Michael Lopez

For years people have gossiped about fake marriages in Hollywood. But this week, an L.A. courthouse decided that Fernanda Romero’s wedded bliss was definitely a sham. After hearing the evidence, a judge sentenced the Mexican actress and her “fake husband” to 30 days in jail for falsifying marriage documents to avoid her deportation.

Fernanda actually built up quite a career since getting legal residency through her 2005 “marriage.” She appeared in the Jessica Alba film The Eye, Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell, and, per IMDb, she will be in Eva Longoria’s next movie, Without Men.

But according to the court, her eligibility to work in the U.S. was not legit. Evidence presented showed that Fernanda’s relationship with husband Kent Ross was a ruse. Prosecutors proved that she paid Ross $5,000 to be her hubby and that they both lived at separate addresses.

Now Romero and Ross are set to serve 15 weekends in jail and perform 1,000 hours of community service. It is uncertain what Fernanda’s residency status will be once the smoke clears. Whatever the outcome, it’s obvious that she is extremely remorseful.

Crying in court, Romero told the judge, “I am very sorry for what I’ve done.”

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Tags Chisme, Fake Marriages, Fernanda Romero, Immigration, Kent Ross