Reality star Julie Chrisley is back in federal prison in Kentucky.
The reality star was sentenced to 84 months in prison last month after a federal appeals court vacated her original 2022 sentence.
Similar to when she was brought to Atlanta for the criminal case hearing, Chrisley has been in the custody of the US Marshal Service when she was transferred back to Lexington FMC.
This comes just days after Julie has appealed against the judge who sentenced her again to seven years in prison.
Julie’s sentence was overturned by an appeals court in June and the lower court ordered her to be resentenced. That same court also upheld the conviction of her husband, Todd Chrisley, who is currently serving 13 years in federal prison in Pensacola, Florida.
The two were found guilty of fraud in 2022, together with their accountant Peter Tarantino.
The couple’s daughter, Savannah, spoke about the treatment her mother received when the marshal transferred her to Atlanta for the hearing last month.
“I think the transportation process is a process that no one knows, and probably the most inhumane process, especially for women. There is no reason why a woman should be carried with more than 75 men and only one of the four should be women. There is just no reason why this would happen,” Savannah said. “I can’t imagine what that process means for her.”
Todd and Julie were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraudbank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud.
Julie Chrisley was also charged with wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
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The Chrisleys were initially indicted in August 2019. Prosecutors said the couple submitted false documents to banks when applying for loans.
Julie Chrisley sent a fake credit report and bank statements showing far more money than they had in their accounts to a California property owner in July 2014 while she was trying to rent a house.
A few months after they occupied the home, in October 2014, they refused to pay the rent, forcing the owner to threaten them with eviction.
The money the Chrisleys received from their reality TV show “Chrisley Knows Best” went to a company they controlled called 7C’s Productions, but they did not report it as income on federal tax returns, prosecutors said.
The couple failed to file or pay their federal income taxes on time for years.
The family had moved to Tennessee by the time the charges were filed, but the criminal charges stem from when they lived in the northern suburbs of Atlanta.
Channel 2 Action News started investigating the Chrisleys in 2017 when we learned Todd Chrisley had likely evaded Georgia state income taxes for several years.
Court documents obtained by Channel 2 Action News has shown that by 2018 the Chrisleys owed the state nearly $800,000 in liens.
The couple eventually went to court and a federal jury found them guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion.
