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Todd and Julie Chrisley have something to celebrate, even if they’re behind bars. The former reality star, who is currently serving time for fraud and tax evasion, received a $1 million settlement from the state of Georgia.
The couple filed a lawsuit in 2019 against Joshua Waites, the former director of special investigations for the state Department of Revenue, alleging he committed misconduct in connection with the investigation of the Chrisleys.
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“We have been saying for months that the criminal case against the Chrisleys was highly unusual and contained real problems,” the family’s attorney, Alex Little of Burr & Forman LLP, said in a statement. “This agreement is an encouraging sign.”
The statement further said, “It is almost unprecedented for one arm of the government to pay defendants while the other arm is fighting to keep them in jail.”
In 2019, the Chrisleys were acquitted of $2 million of state tax evasion in Georgia, and later filed a lawsuit against the Waites claiming he “specifically targeted” their family. Had been.
Representatives for the Georgia state Department of Revenue did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
Despite state charges, the couple were later indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy, all of which they have denied. stars of chrisley knows best In June 2022, Banks was found guilty of conspiracy to embezzle more than $30 million in fraudulent loans, as well as several other federal charges of tax evasion.
They were originally sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison, but last September Todd’s sentence was reduced from 12 to about 10 years, while Julie’s was reduced from seven to about five years Was.
The Chrisleys are best known for their reality show, which followed real estate tycoon Todd Chrisley and his wealthy family for 10 seasons on the USA Network. The show was canceled along with a spinoff series when Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced in November 2022. chrisley’s growing upFocuses on their children Chase and Savannah.
According to Chrisley’s attorney, his appeal of his criminal conviction will be heard by a federal appeals court in Atlanta in April.
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