Indicted connected Tax Evasion and Other Charges

Todd and Julie Chrisley were indicted connected 12 counts by a national expansive assemblage successful Atlanta successful August 2019 connected charges included ligament fraud, conspiracy to perpetrate slope fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to a papers obtained by NBC News. Prosecutors claimed fraud began successful the mid-aughts—inclusive of evading astir $2 cardinal successful authorities taxes betwixt 2008 and 2016 and hiding implicit $1 cardinal dollars from the IRS.

The time earlier the indictment was issued, Todd maintained helium and his woman were innocent, and alternatively said a trusted worker had been stealing from and blackmailing the couple.

"We person thing to fell and person done thing to beryllium ashamed of," helium wrote successful a statement posted to Instagram. "Not lone bash we cognize we've done thing wrong, but we've got a ton of hard grounds and clump of corroborating witnesses that proves it."

Todd and Julie Found Guilty

It wasn’t until 3 years aboriginal that the Chrisley Knows Best stars went to trial. Following 3 weeks of testimonies, the pair, who had pleaded not guilty, were convicted connected each counts of taxation evasion and slope fraud connected June 7, 2022.

The U.S. attorney's bureau had alleged the duo and their accountant Peter Tarantino—who stood proceedings with them—conspired to defraud banks retired of much than $30 cardinal implicit the people of a decade. 

"As today's result shows, erstwhile you lie, cheat and steal, justness is unsighted arsenic to your fame, your fortune, and your position," Keri Farley, Special Agent successful Charge of FBI Atlanta, said successful a June 2022 statement. "In the end, erstwhile driven by greed, the verdict of blameworthy connected each counts for these 3 defendants proves erstwhile again that fiscal crimes bash not pay."

Sentenced to Multiple Years successful Prison

Five months later, the Northern District of Georgia sentenced Todd to 12 years down bars and Julie to 7 years. (Peter was sentenced to 3 years successful prison.)

"Over the people of a decade, the defendants defrauded banks retired of tens of millions of dollars portion evading outgo of their national income taxes," U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said successful a November 2022 statement. "Their lengthy sentences bespeak the magnitude of their transgression strategy and should service arsenic a informing to others tempted to exploit our nation's assemblage banking strategy for unlawful idiosyncratic gain."

However, Julie and Todd’s respective sentences were shortened successful September 2023—with Julie scheduled to beryllium released a twelvemonth and 3 months earlier, and Todd 2 years earlier than his primitively scheduled 2035 release.

"Without a doubt, Todd and Julie are exemplary incarcerated individuals who received exorbitant sentences," Jay Surgent, the pair's attorney, told Insider in September 2023. "I judge Todd is down to 10 years and Julie is present astatine 5 years."

Starting Their Sentences

No Contact

Six months aft Julie and Todd reported to their respective prisons, their girl Savannah Chrisley shared penetration into however the duo were doing, revealing that her parents did not person interaction during their clip down bars. 

"195 days without a connection to each other…" she wrote successful an August 2023 Instagram story. "My bosom is breaking…Please assistance to bring justice!"

She besides pushed backmost astatine rumors astir their clip successful prison.

"It's hilarious due to the fact that 1 of them was like, 'Oh, he's fto himself go,'" she said connected her Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast. "First off, quality flash, they don't merchantability hairsbreadth colour successful commissary. So of people his hairsbreadth is gray! But, you cognize what, I would archer him today, if helium was out, support it that way. Like, it looks good! He's got a large situation barber." 

Todd Details Filthy Prison Conditions

However, Todd spoke retired from down bars astir the mistreatment helium faced astatine the national situation campy successful Pensacola, Fla.

"The nutrient is dated," helium said successful a telephone interrogation connected a December 2023 occurrence of Cuomo. "It's a twelvemonth past expiration."

"You've got rats, you've got squirrels successful the retention installation wherever the nutrient is," helium continued. "They conscionable covered it up with integrative and past tore the ceiling retired due to the fact that of each the achromatic mold and recovered a dormant feline successful the ceiling, and it dropped down connected the apical of the food." 

Beyond the horrors successful the cafeteria, helium alleged that idiosyncratic besides attempted to extort his household members.

"There was a photograph taken of maine portion I was sleeping and sent to my daughter," helium noted, "asking for $2,600 dollars a period for my protection."

Savannah Chrisley Speaks Out

Savannah, who has custody of younger siblings Grayson and Chloe amid her parents’ sentences, has explained however their convictions and their deficiency of interaction with 1 different has weighed connected her.

"The past clip they spoke was the greeting they went into national prison," she shared with E! News March 2024, alleging that there's "a batch of retaliation going connected against my begetter for however outspoken we've been astir conditions."

In fact, she alleged that situation officials had been "blocking a batch of his emails correspondence to my mom."

And portion not wanting to marque the acquisition astir herself, she admitted that it was overwhelming astatine times. 

"What's pugnacious for maine is however Mom and Dad person that feeling that beingness is conscionable continuing to determination connected without them," Savannah explained connected her podcast Unlocked in April 2024. "In a way, I person that feeling with radical successful my beingness due to the fact that it's similar they conscionable proceed connected surviving their lives."

"I'm inactive sitting present struggling to drawback my breath," she continued. "Whether it's financially with the kids, trying to parent, maine successful a relationship."

Julie's Prison Sentence Overturned

Julie's seven-year prison condemnation was overturned June 2024 pursuing a three-judge sheet of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Although the sheet upheld her convictions, the tribunal ruled the justice successful the 2022 proceedings miscalculated the world star's sentence. 

"The territory tribunal did not place the grounds it relied connected to clasp Julie accountable for losses incurred earlier 2007, and we cannot independently find it successful the record," the judges stated successful their ruling. "So we vacate Julie's condemnation and remand solely for the territory tribunal to marque the factual findings and calculations indispensable to find loss, restitution, and forfeiture arsenic to Julie and to resentence her accordingly."

Her lawsuit was handed to a little tribunal to find however her sentencing would beryllium adjusted portion Todd's sentencing remained unaffected. 

A Tearful Apology

Three months aft her situation condemnation was overturned, an Atlanta tribunal yet upheld Julie’s erstwhile seven-year situation sentence. And she made a tearful apology—both to her children and the court.

"I would similar to accidental I’ve had years to deliberation astir what I’ve wanted to accidental and I’m atrocious for my actions and situations that fto america to wherever we are today," Julie said earlier the court, per People, during the Sept. 25 hearing. "I’ve had 20 months successful prison, but it has been overmuch much starring up to the proceedings and I apologize for my actions that led to wherever we are today,"

"I person done everything I tin bash to get person to my family. I’ve taken tests for caller skills, specified arsenic driving a forklift and serving nutrient successful due ways," she continued, "this has been the astir hard portion of my life. I can’t ever repay my children for what they’ve had to spell done and for that, I americium truthful sorry," she added.