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Julie Chrisley was sentenced to 7 years in prison after the original verdict was overturned by the Court of Appeal

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Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for bank fraud and tax evasion.

The “Chrisley Knows Best” star won a legal victory in June when a three-judge panel found a legal error in calculating Chrisley's sentence for the bank fraud she was accused of along with her husband, Todd Chrisley.

Chrisley's attorney, Alex Little, argued that she played only a minor role in the crimes, which the Associated Press described as “isolated offenses” and “dramatic errors,” and asked the court to reduce her sentence to no more than five years.

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Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven years in prison for tax evasion. (Getty Images)

Chrisley appeared in court on Wednesday and addressed the judge.

“I apologize for my actions and for what brought me to where I am today,” she said, adding that her time in prison was “the most difficult time of my life” and hard on her family.

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“I can never repay my children for what they had to go through and I am sorry for that,” she said.

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Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to prison in November 2022 in the tax fraud and bank evasion case. (Dennis Leupold/Getty Images)

Representatives for the Chrisleys did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nevertheless upheld the convictions against Julie and Todd, who sentenced to a total of 19 years in prison in November 2022 after a jury found the pair guilty of conspiracy to defraud community banks of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans and conspiracy to defraud the IRS.

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Todd and Julie Chrisley

Julie and Todd Chrisley were originally sentenced in 2022. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

Todd was originally convicted to 12 years in prison, but two years of that were waived. Julie was sentenced to seven years in prison after initially being charged with bank fraud and tax evasion in August 2019. Her sentence was reduced by 14 months in September 2023.

After the end of their prison sentences, they must each serve 16 months probation.

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