Todd and Julie Chrisley will have to give up their $9M Nashville mansions to pay $17.2M fine
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Todd and Julie Chrisley may have to forfeit their two $9 million mansions to pay a $17.2 million fine related to their tax fraud.
The couple, known from the “Chrisley Knows Best” TV show, were sentenced Monday in Atlanta to a total of 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to their $30 million tax fraud case – less than two days after their youngest son was seriously injured in a car accident. a car accident in Nashville.
While Todd and Julie plan to appeal their conviction, they have since been ordered by Atlanta Judge Eleanor Ross to pay $17.2 million in restitution.
“Unfortunately they will have to give up a lot of things, including their homes,” says a source New York Post . “They won’t be able to afford it. But their biggest concern now is their children, especially their youngest son.’
The couple’s lawyer, Alex Little, said the process was riddled with “serious” mistakes and they are optimistic about the appeal.
“Yesterday was a difficult day for the Chrisley family,” Little wrote in a statement. “But Todd and Julie are people of faith, and that faith gives them strength when they appeal to their beliefs.
Their trial was marred by serious and repeated errors, including the government lying to jurors about the taxes the couple paid. Based on these points, we are optimistic about the road ahead.”
The Chrisleys will have to give up their $9 million mansions to pay a $17.2 refund after they were found guilty of $30 million in tax fraud
The couple’s multimillion-dollar home in Brentwood. Their show depicted their seemingly perfect Southern lifestyle
On his US series Chrisley Knows Best, Chrisley has documented his life as a devoted father to his and Julie’s five children Lindsie, 32; Kyle, 30; Pursuit, 25; Savannah, 24; and Grayson, 16
The kitchen in their Nashville home. While Todd and Julie plan to appeal their conviction, they have since been ordered by Atlanta Judge Eleanor Ross to pay $17.2 million in restitution.
The beautiful home in Nashville may have to be given up by the family after their prison terms
The spectacular mansion has beautiful interiors. Inside, there are plenty of eye-catching features, such as a spiral staircase made of wood with a white and wooden rail that rotates
The couple have been married for 26 years and have five children: Lindsie, 32; Kyle, 30; Pursuit, 25; Savannah, 24; and Grayson, 16.
Grayson, who was recently hospitalized after plowing his car into the back of a Dodge truck while on a Nashville highway, is now under Savannah’s custody.
He told police at the time that he had no recollection of the accident.
The couple first moved to Belle Meade, Tennessee in 2016 and purchased a $1.6 million, four-bedroom home at 806 Lynnwood Blvd. According to Zillow, the house is now worth $2,877,300.
The Chrisleys kept their first 5,200-square-foot home and purchased a 13,000-plus-square-foot home in Brentwood for $3.37 million. The house has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
Their homes are now worth about $2 million more than they bought them for.
But the family may have to give up their mansions following this week’s sentencing
The Chrisleys bought this Nashville home in 2016 for $1.6 million
Reality star Grayson Chrisley, 16, is seriously injured after he drove his truck into another truck on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee
Grayson was on I-65 in his Ford F-150 when he drove straight into a Dodge pickup truck around 5:30 p.m. Saturday
Grayson told police he did not remember the accident and was taken to hospital in an ambulance. The driver of the red pickup (right) he collided with was also injured, but did not require treatment
Ahead of Monday’s sentencing, prosecutors said they would seek the harshest sentencing for the couple after they “built an empire based on the lie that their wealth came from dedication and hard work.”
“The unanimous verdict of the jury sets the record straight: Todd and Julie Chrisley are career con artists who have made their living jumping from one fraud scheme to the next, lying to banks, defrauding salespeople and evading taxes at every turn.” prosecutors said in a statement. file in court.
Todd’s lawyers wrote in a file that he should not be sentenced more than nine years in prison and that the judge should sentence him below the lower end of the guidelines.
Meanwhile, Julie’s lawyers wrote that a reasonable sentence for her would be probation with special conditions, not jail time.
Court sketches show the duo as they received their respective sentences for fraud
The family is best known for their reality show Chrisley Knows Best, which started in 2014 and is currently still going on. Pictured: (lr) Faye Chrisley, Lindsie Chrisley Campbell, Grayson Chrisley, Todd Chrisley, Julie Chrisley, Chase Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley
Todd was jailed for 12 years and Julie for seven, but the pair plan to appeal their conviction
Julie is also charged with falsifying a credit report and bank statements while renting a home in California, prosecutors said.
U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Bunchanan said Chrisley’s conviction should serve as a “warning.”
“Over the course of a decade, the defendants defrauded banks out of tens of millions of dollars while evading payment of their federal income taxes,” Bunchanan said.
“Their lengthy sentences reflect the magnitude of their criminal scheme and should serve as a warning to others who may be tempted to exploit our nation’s community banking system for unlawful personal gain.”
Todd should be serving his sentence at FCI Pensacola, and Julie at FCI Tallahassee – the same prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is serving her sentence for her involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring.
The couple plans to appeal their conviction.