Todd and Julie Chrisley. Courtesy of Julie Chrisley/Instagram
Chrisley Is aware of Greatest stars Todd and Julie Chrisley reported to jail on Tuesday, January 17, after being convicted of 12 counts of tax evasion, financial institution and wire fraud and conspiracy.
Todd, 53, turned himself in on the FPC Pensacola minimal safety facility in Florida, whereas Julie, 49, reported to Federal Medical Middle in Lexington, Kentucky, in keeping with experiences from TMZ and Leisure Tonight. She was initially set to serve her time at FCI Marianna in Jackson County, Florida, however was re-designated to the Kentucky facility in December 2022.
Sooner or later earlier than surrendering for his sentence, Todd shared a message about his religion along with his Instagram followers. “HE is all the time on time … #fightthegoodfight,” he wrote alongside a clip of southern gospel singer Karen Peck performing “4 Days Late” for a congregation.
Earlier this month, the duo requested for bail and the possibility to delay the beginning of their sentences by 21 days, however their requests have been denied.
The couple turned themselves two months after Todd was sentenced to 12 years in jail whereas Julie was sentenced to seven years. In June 2022, the pair have been discovered responsible on a number of counts of financial institution and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy.
The Chrisley household patriarch — who shares daughter Savannah, 25, and sons Chase, 26, and Grayson, 16, with Julie — denied the allegations in August 2019 and blamed his authorized troubles on one in all his former staff, Mark Braddock. Along with his children with Julie, Todd can also be dad to Lindsie, 33, and Kyle, 31 – whom he shares with ex-wife Teresa Terry.
“It began again in 2012, after we found {that a} trusted worker of ours had been stealing from us large time,” Todd wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “I received’t go into particulars, but it surely concerned every kind of actually dangerous stuff like creating phony paperwork forging our signatures and threatening different staff with violence in the event that they stated something. We even found that he illegally bugged our residence.”
After the household fired Braddock, the previous worker tried to get revenge, in keeping with Todd, who alleged that Braddock instructed the U.S. legal professional’s workplace “we had dedicated every kind of economic crimes, like tax evasion and financial institution fraud.”
Two years after the allegations, the Chrisleys’ trial started in Could 2022.
Within the opening statements, Assistant U.S. Lawyer Annalise Peters claimed that the couple exaggerated their earnings to borrow greater than $30 million. Whereas the Chrisleys’ lawyer refuted the statements and backed Todd’s declare about Braddock, Peters went on to allege that Todd and Julie’s fraudulent exercise continued after his termination.
“All alongside the objective was to cover the cash,” she claimed.
In June 2022, the jury discovered the couple responsible on a number of counts of tax evasion, financial institution and wire fraud and conspiracy. The pair have been “disenchanted within the verdict” and deliberate to enchantment it, a supply instructed Us Weekly in June 2022.
“We’ve got to dwell each day as if it’s our final,” Julie opened up on the “Chrisley Confessions” podcast in December 2022. “The difficulties I’m going by, how I deal with it — [my kids are] watching that as properly. If I deal with it proper, they’re watching, if I screw up, they’re watching, and so, for me as a dad or mum, I need to attempt to guarantee that I do it proper greater than I do it mistaken.”
