Julie Chrisley Was Just Resentenced: Inside The Decision

A federal judge has reached a verdict in Julie Chrisley’s resentencing hearing.

On Sept. 25, a judge declined to reduce the reality star’s prison sentence in her fraud and tax evasion case.

In 2022, Julie and Todd Chrisley were found guilty of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Todd Chrisley received a 12 year sentence, while his wife was sentenced to seven years in prison, NBC News reported.

On June 21, 2024 the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the original judge in the trial miscalculated Julie Chrisley’s sentence, citing “insufficient evidence” that she was a part of a bank fraud scheme when it originated in 2006.

As a result, the sentence was vacated and a lower court was ordered to resentence Julie Chrisley. 

Julie Chrisley was present for the hearing, which took place in Atlanta, and briefly addressed the court. “I apologize for my actions and what led me to where I am today,” she said, per AP. She also said, “I cannot ever repay my children for what they have had to go through, and for that I am sorry.”

According to a ruling obtained by TODAY.com, the court “provided justification for the sentence imposed.” Julie Chrisley was re-sentenced 84 months (seven years) in prison and five years of supervised release. She was originally sentenced to seven years.

The day before her mother’s resentencing, Savannah Chrisley asked her Instagram followers to keep Julie Chrisley in their thoughts ahead of the hearing. 

“Tomorrow, September 25th, is my mom’s resentencing date. All I ask of y’all is just to pray. Pray for my mom, pray for my family, and pray for the judge. Pray that my momma gets to come home to a community of people who need her & love her ❤️🙏🏼,” she captioned the post.

Savannah Chrisley also addressed her mother’s resentencing in a July episode of her “Unlocked” podcast, calling the news “a really big deal” and saying she hoped Julie Chrisley would be home “by Thanksgiving.”

“Now we sit and wait, hopefully, no more than 90 days to go for that hearing,” she said at the time. “Hopefully, she comes home. If she comes home, oh, my gosh, life will be so much better.”

Todd and Julie Chrisley are serving their sentences in different states and first reported to their separate prisons in January 2023. On Sept. 8, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Prisons reduced Todd and Julie Chrisley’s sentences by two years and 14 monthsrespectively. 

According to a Bureau of Prisons record search on Sept. 25, 2024, Julie Chrisley is expected to be released April 22, 2028.

The “Chrisley Knows Best” stars’ legal woesoriginated in 2017 when Todd Chrisley was investigated in Georgia after he failed to pay state income tax for years. In 2019, a federal grand jury in Atlanta indicted Todd and Julie Chrisley on the following charges: 12 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

After settling their tax evasion charge and paying $147,944.75, the couple went on to face their 12-count federal indictment and were convicted in June 2022.