Julie Chrisley sentenced to 84 months in prison – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA – A federal judge refused to reduce Julie Chrisley’s sentence and instead sentenced her to 84 months in prison.

The judge said the sentence was appropriate.

Before the trial, daughter Savannah Chrisley said She had hoped for a reduced sentence for her mother.

“My biggest concern is that the judge is applying sentencing guidelines that haven't been reviewed in quite some time and using a table that shouldn't exist. He may use that as justification for keeping the 84 months,” Savannah said.

Julie Chrisley has spent the last 20 months in a federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, after being found guilty of fraud in 2022 along with her husband Todd and their accountant Peter Tarantino.

In June, an appeals court overturned her conviction and subsequently ordered the lower district court to retry Julie.

The appeals court also upheld the conviction of Todd, who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence in Florida.

Todd and Julie were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraudBank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tax fraud.

Julie Chrisley was also charged with wire fraud and obstruction of justice.

The Chrisleys were initially indicted in August 2019Prosecutors said the couple submitted fake documents to banks when applying for loans.

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In July 2014, while attempting to rent a home, Julie Chrisley sent a California property owner a fake credit report and bank statements that showed far more money than was in her account.

A few months after they moved into the house in October 2014, they refused to pay the rent, which led the owner to threaten them with eviction.

The money the Chrisleys earned from their reality TV show “Chrisley Knows Best” went to a company they controlled called 7C's Productions. However, they did not report it as income on their tax returns, prosecutors said.

The couple had failed to file or pay their federal income tax returns on time for several years.

By the time the charges were filed, the family had already moved to Tennessee, but the charges stem from the time they lived in a northern suburb of Atlanta.

Channel 2 Action News We began investigating the Chrisleys in 2017 when we learned that Todd Chrisley had probably evaded paying Georgia state income tax for several years.

Court documents received from Channel 2 Action News showed that by 2018 the Chrisleys owed the state nearly $800,000 in liens.

The couple finally went to court and a federal court jury found her guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion.

Chrisley's resentencing hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in federal court in downtown Atlanta.

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