Former “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” castmember and Cynthia Bailey’s ex-husband, Peter Thomas, is as soon as once more a free man.
Thomas, 65, was launched from federal custody at FCI Miami and is presently on home arrest on the Miami Residential Reentry Administration Workplace, in line with TMZ and the Bureau of Prisons.
Following his launch, Thomas jumped to his Instagram account to point out off his new residing preparations whereas dancing to T.I.’s “Let ‘Em Know,” which, regardless of his present beef with 50 Cent, has emerged as one of many early hit songs of 2026.
It was the primary publish on the account since final October, when Thomas celebrated his daughter’s launch of her first ebook.
In December 2024, Thomas pled responsible to 1 depend of failure to pay belief fund taxes. He allegedly owed the Inside Income Service belief fund taxes on round $650,000 in wages from the staff of his Charlotte, North Carolina, restaurant. He was sentenced to 18 months at FCI Miami and ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution, however it seems that after a bit greater than seven months and with presumed good habits, Thomas is one step nearer to placing this chapter behind him.
After being launched from home arrest, he nonetheless has to serve two years of probation and is ordered to steer clear of extreme ingesting and any medicine.
“Pay your payroll earlier than you pay your lease, as a result of the owner can evict you. You ain’t gonna go to jail, although,” he instructed his followers on Instagram earlier than his sentencing. “However you’ll go to jail for not paying your payroll taxes with the US authorities.”
Thomas and Bailey finalized their divorce in 2017 after six years of marriage. Thomas mentioned he felt “blindsided” by the divorce, telling Wendy Williams that he and his ex-wife have been separated for months and that he had no concept that separation would in the end result in the dissolution of their marriage.
“We have been separated for about 5 – 6 months. I believe I’ve solely seen Cynthia as soon as – as a result of I’m in Charlotte and he or she’s in Atlanta,” Peter instructed Wendy in 2020.
When requested if he ever embezzled cash from her, Thomas flatly denied the allegation. “By no means, by no means, by no means.”
