Devout Julie Chrisley reveals she was ‘living in fear’ before being handed $30M tax fraud sentence

Reality star Julie Chrisley revealed she was “living in fear” prior to her and her husband Todd’s multi-year conviction for defrauding banks with $30 million in loans and evading taxes for years.

Last week, the devout Christian couple were sentenced to a combined prison term of nearly two decades after being convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion nearly six months ago.

While Todd, 54, is out for 12 years, Julie, 49, is behind bars for seven years and both will serve 16 months on probation after their respective release.

On an episode of the couple’s podcast, Chrisley Confessions, recorded before they were sentenced, Julie discussed her situation through the lens of her Christianity.

She said, “I know in my heart that I am a Christian, I believe in God, I believe that God can work miracles, I believe that He will take care of my family, that if I were to die today, I know where I’m go.

“But I still have that fear.”

The reality TV couple was convicted in June and sentenced last week. They will report to the prison after January 1

Court sketches of the couple, who say their faith in God will see them through the hardships of their current predicament

“Everyone knows we’re going through a nightmare… I’ve focused on not living in fear.”

Anxiety, she told her fans, is a feeling she “struggles so hard with.”

The matriarch of Chrisley Knows Best tried to find the silver lining of her family’s current situation, which she says is her relationship with her husband.

“I’m thankful that our relationship has grown instead of falling apart,” she said.

‘When people experience traumatic events, they often don’t make it.

“Often the relationship falls apart because everything is stressful. There’s a lot of added pressure and people aren’t making it,” she said.

Following the couple’s sentencing last week, the couple said they intend to lean on their faith in God as they prepare for an appeal. They have maintained their innocence during the trial.

An Atlanta court has found them guilty of cheating banks out of $30 million in loans and evading taxes for years.

“Todd and Julie are people of faith who will give them strength as they appeal against their convictions,” read a statement from the couple’s lawyer, who added that the trial was “marred by serious and repeated errors, including the government’s lied to jurors about what taxes the couple pays.”

“Based on these issues, we are optimistic about the road ahead,” the lawyer added.

After sentencing, District Attorney Annalize Peters said, “The jury’s unanimous verdict sets the record straight: Todd and Julie Chrisley are career con artists who have made a living jumping from one fraud scheme to the next, lying to banks, sales to cheat and evade taxes at every corner.”

Julie Chrisley, who says she was plagued with anxiety in the days leading up to her sentencing, broke the cover as she emerged from her sprawling home in Brentwood, Tennessee after being sentenced to more than half a decade behind bars

The couple and their kids have been a cable reality show for nearly 10 years, showing the world a lavish lifestyle that, it turns out, was based on bank fraud

Todd and Julie Chrisley’s Tennessee home in the exclusive Annandale neighborhood of Brentwood, TN. Many of the family’s reality series have been filmed at the Annandale home over the years

Since 2014, the couple and their family have appeared in a number of reality TV shows branding themselves as God-fearing Christians.

However, prior to the show, they filed for bankruptcy in 2014, citing $50 million in debt. At the time, Todd’s attorney claimed it was up to him to personally guarantee a business loan, but DailyMail.com records show that he claimed he had nothing in his bank account at the time and only $100 in cash.

He listed assets — mostly real estate — totaling $4.2 million, but his debts totaled $49.2 million.

The judge granted him a reprieve and the outcome of the case wiped out $20 million in debt.

Two years later, however, he was on TV bragging about how he spent $300,000 a year on clothes for his family.

It was the beginning of the family’s many shows, and probably the end of their freewheel.

In 2019, they were charged with fraud and tax evasion.

The pair insist they are victims of false accusations and a smear campaign by a “disgruntled” employee.

The said employee also claims to have had a homosexual relationship with Todd Chrisley.

The couple must report to the prison after January 1.