Julie Chrisley’s Jail Sentence Thrown Out, Judges Order Resentencing

Julie Chrisley‘s jail sentence has been thrown out and he or she will probably be resentenced. 

On Friday, federal appeals judges ordered the courts to throw out her sentence after she was convicted of federal tax evasion and bank fraud charges in 2022 alongside her husband, Todd Chrisley, and their accountant, Peter Tarantino. In paperwork obtained by ET, a authorized error was present in how the trial choose calculated Julie’s sentencing because it held her accountable for the complete financial institution fraud scheme. The appellate panel has despatched her case again to the decrease court docket for a resentencing. Todd and Peter’s jail sentences will stay upheld. 

“However we should vacate Julie’s sentence so the district court docket can deal with the slender difficulty of what the right loss quantity attributable to Julie is for functions of the bottom offense degree, restitution, and forfeiture,” the doc states. “The district court docket ought to make factual findings about when Julie’s involvement within the conspiracy started, and if it concludes Julie’s involvement began in 2006, it ought to establish the proof on which it bases its discovering. In vacating and remanding on this difficulty, we categorical no opinion as to what the proper loss quantity ought to be.”

“We’re happy that the Court docket agreed that Julie’s sentence was improper, however we’re clearly disillusioned that it rejected Todd’s enchantment,” Alex Little, Todd and Julie’s legal professional, mentioned in an announcement to the Associated Press. He added that the couple and their household are “longing for extra excellent news sooner or later.”

ET has reached out to Julie’s legal professional for remark.

In August 2019, Todd and Julie were indicted by a federal grand jury on one rely of conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud, 5 counts of financial institution fraud, one rely of conspiracy to defraud the USA and one rely of tax fraud. Julie was additionally charged with one rely of wire fraud and one rely of obstruction of justice. They have been additionally ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution

In June 2022, after a three-week trial, Julie and Todd have been every discovered responsible on all counts. The pair was sentenced to a mixed 19-years in federal jail. They reported to prison in January 2023. Todd is serving his lowered 10-year jail sentence in Pensacola, Florida, whereas Julie is serving a lowered five-year sentence in Lexington, Kentucky. 

As for Peter, the accountant is serving his sentence at a facility in Montgomery, Alabama, and is to be launched August of subsequent 12 months.

Over the weekend, Julie and Todd’s daughter, Savannah Chrisley, took to social media to react to her mother’s sentencing information, and browse the court docket’s resolution, noting that it did not go because the household had hoped, however there was a “little win.”

“After cautious consideration, and with the good thing about oral argument, we affirm the district court docket on all points aside from the loss quantity attributed to Julie,” Savannah recited. “The district court docket didn’t establish the proof it relied on to carry Julie accountable for losses incurred earlier than 2007, and we can’t independently discover it within the document. So we vacate Julie’s sentence and remand solely for the district court docket to make the factual findings and calculations essential to find out loss, restitution, and forfeiture as to Julie and to resentence her accordingly.”

Savannah instructed her followers, “I hope and pray that the choose can ship her residence. I’m a agency believer that she will probably be coming residence sooner moderately than later.” 

The Chrisley Is aware of Greatest star additionally famous that she is engaged on getting her father residence as nicely. 

Julie, 51, and Todd, 55, had a minor victory in January, as they received $1 million in their 2019 federal lawsuit against Joshua Waites for alleged misconduct in his investigation of them.

In March, Savannah spoke with ET about her plans to spend the summer season engaged on her dad and mom’ enchantment course of and the way if her mom makes it out of jail, she’s contemplating taking over a profession in legislation. 

“I’d if my mother comes residence,” Savannah, 26, mentioned of authorized aspirations. “I’ve instructed Grayson that I’d do it. So if Mother comes residence then clearly it will be she and Chloe or if Mother and Dad each come residence then I’d most definitely return to highschool and attempt to change into a lawyer. It is by no means too late to comply with your goals. If I could possibly be a lawyer by the point I am 30 or 32, I would simply do it.”

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