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Chrisley Is aware of Finest stars Todd and Julie Chrisley have formally kicked off their jail sentences.
TMZ reported Tuesday that the truth TV stars turned themselves in for lockup.
Todd reported to FPC Pensacola in Florida, the place he is been sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
In the meantime, Julie reported to a distinct federal jail in Lexington, KY, at Federal Medical Middle Lexington.
Julie was handed a seven-year sentence within the couple’s financial institution fraud and tax evasion case.
The pair have been discovered responsible in 2022, and their movement for bail pending their enchantment was lately denied.
Prosecutors mentioned that the couple used loans to buy costly automobiles, take journeys and dwell a lavish life-style, all whereas hiding cash from the IRS to keep away from paying taxes.
“The Chrisleys have constructed an empire primarily based on the lie that their wealth got here from dedication and exhausting work,” prosecutors mentioned in a sentencing memo.
“The jury’s unanimous verdict units the file straight: Todd and Julie Chrisley are profession swindlers who’ve made a residing by leaping from one fraud scheme to a different, mendacity to banks, stiffing distributors, and evading taxes at each nook.”
Todd’s protection lawyer, Bruce Morris, had needed a extra lenient sentence, saying that the tax points have since been resolved and that many individuals can be out of pocket as a result of they may lose revenue from not engaged on his tasks.
Deadline reported after the responsible verdicts that the couple’s actuality TV series had been canceled.
Nonetheless, there are nonetheless some episodes within the can which can be set to air on USA Community this yr.
The couple responded to their imminent jail sentences on their Chrisley Confessions podcast in November.
“There have been instances the place I have been not as shut and never residing in my religion the way in which that I ought to have been, not praying like I ought to have been praying,” Todd mentioned.
“And the extra distant I felt from Christ, it appeared just like the extra that my life was falling aside,” he added.
“However now, on this storm that we’re in, I really feel like I am nearer to God than I’ve ever been. However I discover myself screaming out, as a result of, you recognize, within the Bible, it says to scream out to God, to cry out to God.”
“And, you recognize, with what we’re going by proper now, you have heard me try this.”
“You have heard me say, ‘God, please, I am crying out to you. I do not know what else to do. I am asking for the reality to be revealed.”
“I am asking so that you can shed mild the place there’s darkness. I am asking for our enemies to be uncovered.'”
Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.
