Todd Chrisley and his spouse, Julie Chrisley, are going to be spending years in jail.
The stars of USA Network‘s hit actuality TV sequence Chrisley Knows Best have been ordered to serve a mixed whole of 19 years in jail on Monday as a part of their ongoing financial institution fraud and tax evasion case. The stunning verdict was handed down early Monday in a Georgia courtroom.
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According to media stories from Atlanta, Todd was ordered by a choose to serve 12 years in jail. (That’s the identical sentence Josh Duggar obtained for little one pornography prices!) His spouse was sentenced to serve seven years. Both spouses are additionally set to undergo 16 months of probation following their incarcerations. Woof!
The couple’s accountant, Peter Tarantino, was additionally sentenced on Monday to a few years in jail. He had been discovered responsible of submitting two false company tax returns on behalf of the couple’s firm. Per Insider, Tarantino will start serving his time subsequent May after he recovers from a pre-scheduled hip surgical procedure. It is unclear when the Chrisleys will start their sentences.
While the jail phrases are steep, they definitely may have been worse. As we’ve been reporting, sentencing pointers for Todd’s prices within the fraud and tax evasion scheme urged as much as 22 years in jail. Julie may have been sentenced to almost 13 years in jail. So they undoubtedly obtained off a little bit simpler than the worst-case state of affairs.
As you’ll recall, the duo have been each discovered responsible in June of fraud and tax evasion. Todd was convicted of conspiring to defraud banks out of $30 million in misleading loans. He was additionally discovered responsible of tax crimes alongside Tarantino, together with a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Meanwhile, Julie was convicted of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
Yikes!!
And jail isn’t the one situation for the Chrisley fam this week! According to Deadline, the lengthy-operating Chrisley Knows Best has now formally been canceled. The present adopted Todd, Julie, and their household for 9 seasons. It had been renewed for a tenth season previous to the couple’s convictions. Per the outlet, USA Network will nonetheless air “a handful of episodes” that have been “filmed before the trial” occurred this summer season. Beyond that although, it’s over.
The fam’s spin-off sequence, Growing Up Chrisley, has additionally been nixed. That present adopted Todd and Julie’s youngsters Chase and Savannah within the trials of their younger grownup lives away from their well-known mother and father. It had run for 3 seasons on USA earlier than shifting to E! for its fourth season. But Deadline stories it, too, was formally canceled on Monday after the sentencing.
Todd had one other present in growth referred to as Love Limo, as properly. That romantic actuality TV sequence had beforehand been ordered by E! this 12 months, and was set to function Todd because the host. But now, per Deadline, contemplate it axed too!
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Sadly, neither the sentencing nor the cancellations are essentially the most miserable information for this household rn. As we reported on Monday, 16-12 months-previous Grayson Chrisley was rushed to the hospital final weekend after a severe automotive accident. We proceed to ship him and the household our greatest needs in that scenario. Such a scary ordeal to undergo.
What do U make of those jail sentences tho, Perezcious readers?! Were you anticipating these phrases? Or extra? Or much less? Share your tackle Todd and Julie down within the feedback (under)…
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