The show must go on! Dance Moms vet Abby Lee Miller confirms Lifetime TV will be FILMING when she checks into prison on Wednesday for 366 day stay

  • The star will have Lifetime TV cameras recording her as she heads to prison
  • She will be staying 366 days at the FCI Victorville facility in California
  • The 50-year-old star said she is spending time with friends before she checks in 

By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:23 EDT, 10 July 2017 | Updated: 16:51 EDT, 10 July 2017

Abby Lee Miller will be checking into prison on Wednesday to serve time for bankruptcy fraud charges.

And the 50-year-old star told Entertainment Tonight this weekend that Lifetime TV cameras will be there. The cable channel is behind her series Dance Moms.

The reality TV star said, 'It wasn't important to me, it was important to them. I signed a four year contract.'

On film: Abby Lee Miller will be checking into prison on Wednesday to serve time for bankruptcy fraud charges. And the 50-year-old star told Entertainment Tonight this weekend that Lifetime TV cameras will be there' seen in May

On film: Abby Lee Miller will be checking into prison on Wednesday to serve time for bankruptcy fraud charges. And the 50-year-old star told Entertainment Tonight this weekend that Lifetime TV cameras will be there' seen in May

Her new home: The luminary will be checking into the the FCI Victorville facility in Victorville, California, where Lenny Dykstra served time

Her new home: The luminary will be checking into the the FCI Victorville facility in Victorville, California, where Lenny Dykstra served time

It is not known what they are filming for, but it is likely Lifetime will doing a TV special like Bravo did when their star Teresa Giudice served a one-year prison sentence for fraud.

Miller also said that before she checks in she will have some quality time with her friends.

 'Right now I just kind of want to enjoy some laughter and some fun,' she said.

Their new set: The cable channel is behind her series Dance Moms. The reality TV star said, 'It wasn't important to me, it was important to them. I signed a four year contract'

Their new set: The cable channel is behind her series Dance Moms. The reality TV star said, 'It wasn't important to me, it was important to them. I signed a four year contract'

It's real: It is not known what they are filming for, but it is likely Lifetime will doing a TV special like Bravo did when their star Teresa Giudice served a prison sentence; here she is seen on Saturday in LA at the Marvel Universe Live! show

It's real: It is not known what they are filming for, but it is likely Lifetime will doing a TV special like Bravo did when their star Teresa Giudice served a prison sentence; here she is seen on Saturday in LA at the Marvel Universe Live! show

The luminary will be checking into the the FCI Victorville facility in Victorville, California, where Lenny Dykstra served time.

She was supposed to check in on June 30, but the date was pushed.

That meant more time with her old pals. 

'I have some friends coming out from Pittsburgh that have been with me through thick and thin for 20 years before the TV show, so they’re gonna come out and we’re just gonna maybe reminisce and laugh about the old times and talk about everyone we know and who might have all that money,' she shared. 

Her show: Miller with Mackenzie Ziegler, Nia Sioux, Kalani Hilliker, Kendall Vertes, Sarah Hunt, and JoJo Siwa in Dance Moms in 2011

Her show: Miller with Mackenzie Ziegler, Nia Sioux, Kalani Hilliker, Kendall Vertes, Sarah Hunt, and JoJo Siwa in Dance Moms in 2011

'Because it’s not me!' 

Abby has also been ordered to pay a $40,000 fine. Once she is done with her 366 days, Miller will then serve two years probation. She will have to live in an areas approved by the probation officer.

The small screen diva said she will have time to focus on herself when in jail. 

'I’ll just have me to concentrate on and that’s different,' she offered.

Ouch: Abby has also been ordered to pay a $40,000 fine. Once she is done with her 366 days, Miller will then serve two years probation. She will have to live in an areas approved by the probation officer

Ouch: Abby has also been ordered to pay a $40,000 fine. Once she is done with her 366 days, Miller will then serve two years probation. She will have to live in an areas approved by the probation officer

'I’ve always put everybody else’s child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame. 

'Everybody else was dressed and out the door and looking perfect and I was running around trying to find a clean towel to take a shower with, so I think this will be a little "me" time.'

As for teaching dance in prison she said, 'I don't really know! I have bad knees and a bad back and a lot of stuff. I'm worried about standing on cement for hours at a time, but we'll see!'

Her show: Another scene from her hit series in 2011

Her show: Another scene from her hit series in 2011

Abby recently opened up about how scared she is to spend time behind bars with People, telling the magazine she fears the worst.

'I’m afraid of being physically abused or raped,' said Miller. 'I have to stay busy. If I thought about it every day, I’d just sit around and cry.'

Miller is heading to prison after being convicted of bankruptcy fraud for attempting to hide $775k of income from Dance Moms, its spin-off Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition and multiple other projects during Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. 

 

 

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