Julie Chrisley really wants out of jail.
Undoubtedly, she may have wanted to consider this before going ahead and breaking many of the laws of the United States.
On September 25, a federal judge sentenced the disgraced reality star to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion charges, adding that he will serve less time than originally imposed. Request rejected.
The decision came after an appeals court canceled his original sentence from 2022.
Now, however, the Chrisley Knows Best alumnus and his legal team are appealing the decision and hoping to reduce the time Julie spends as an inmate.
Chrisley’s attorney Alex Little asked a judge this week to reduce his client’s sentence by nearly two years.
They argued in their filing that Chrisley was a minor player in the above crimes… and that her “scattered crimes” were “dramatic mistakes.”
The lawyer also stressed that Julie has behaved well and has taken advantage of enrichment opportunities, obtaining more than 70 certificates so far during her 20 months in jail.
For her part, federal prosecutor Annalize Peters has argued that Julie played a “key part” of a fraud scheme and did not apologize, show remorse or admit any wrongdoing for her actions.
Nearly two years ago, Julie was convicted of federal tax evasion and bank fraud along with her husband, Todd Chrisley, and their accountant, Peter Tarantino.
According to their indictments, the husband and wife knowingly “swindled” at least $30 million from community banks by inflating their net worth for loans they approved from 2007 to 2012.
Prosecutors also alleged that the couple actively hid millions of dollars earned from the show Chrisley Knows Best, as well as $500,000 in taxes Todd owed in 2009.
Jay V. Sargent, another member of Julie’s legal team, told The Sun last month, “I feel as if the judge has some bias against Julie.”
“I think [Judge Ross] Was trying to make an example of [Julie] Because of his situation. The higher profile a person is, the more the courts, state or federal, like to make an example of that person.”
This lawyer said that he believed his client deserved a sentence of “less than 60 months” behind bars and that he “should have received a maximum sentence of three to four years”, noting that he had sentenced Julie to seven years in prison. There appeared to be no benefit in imposing a one-year sentence. Sentence.
However, perhaps this thinking was less beneficial and more punitive.
For his role in lying to the government, Todd Chrisley was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The Rich and Very Spoiled star was ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution, although the amount was eventually reduced to $4.7 million.
Todd is in a minimum-security federal prison camp in Pensacola, Florida — with a release date of September 2032, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.
The husband and wife have reportedly not spoken for over 14 months.
Julie Chrisley appeals against prison sentence: I’m just a teeny, tiny criminal! Originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.