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Another member of the McBee Dynasty cast is facing time behind bars.
According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Masha Petrova (née Maria Georgivna Petrova) has been ordered to report to Daviess County Jail in Missouri at 12 p.m. on Dec. 3 to complete a two-day sentence after pleading guilty to speeding. She must pay any fines before being released.
Two days before she has to report to jail, her on-off boyfriend Steve McBee Sr. will report to prison in Yankton, S.D. Steve Sr. was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $4 million in restitution in October after pleading guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud.
While it’s unclear if Steve Sr. and Masha are still together after season 2 of McBee Dynasty highlighted their messy romance, a source tells PEOPLE exclusively that the pair spent Thanksgiving evening looking at Christmas lights in Kansas City.
In August, McBee’s son Steven Jr. told Bravo’s The Daily Dish that his father “would say no”, he’s not still with Masha, “but, yes, she’s still up at the farm. We see her car passing. He tries to hide it, and he tries not to tell us whenever she’s over.”
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At the time, Steven Jr. estimated that Masha spends “probably three or four nights out of the week” at his father’s Gallatin, Mo., ranch.
Season 2 of McBee Dynasty saw lots of drama unfold between Steve Sr. and Masha, as well as with her former friend (and Steve Sr.’s ex-girlfriend), Galyna Saltkovska.
While chatting with PEOPLE recently about his upcoming prison sentence, Steve Sr. said Masha has “been so great to me.”
“Her daughter is just a wonderful little girl and is hopefully going to be an Olympic skater,” he said. “She’s got a lot going, and those girls get thrown to the fire on these shows. I mean, I did as well. On season 1, they were like, ‘Don’t worry, we’re going to make you look like a hero.’ After I seen it, I was like, ‘I’m not sure what your definition of a hero is, but that’s not really mine.’ But, that’s okay. I mean, the show did well, and that drama is that drama. They certainly know how to produce it and show it.”
Steve Sr. is currently filming season 3 of the show, and cameras will follow him and his family when they drive to Yankton on Sunday to “see the town and get comfortable with everything” ahead of his prison sentence, he said.
“I feel like there’s so many things to get ready, so I’ve just been in this panic mode trying to make sure I thought of everything,” Steve Sr. said. “There’s going to be loose ends that fall through the cracks, but I would say the lion’s share of all major items have been covered. I mean, it’s definitely been an experience I never thought I would have.”
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In his last few days of freedom, Steve Sr. said he’s trying to stay “optimistic.”
“I’ve never been a victim, nor will I be a victim, and I’m not going to let anybody make me a victim,” he said. “I’ve always believed the glass is half full. Life isn’t fair sometimes for no reason at all. Good things happen to bad people, and bad things happen to good people. I’m going to be okay, and I’m going to continue to work hard. I’m just going to make the best of a bad situation.”
