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As his parents Todd and Julie Chrisley to federal prison to begin serving time for tax evasion and bank fraud, Savannah Chrisley I don’t know why Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jane Shah no harsher sentences were given.
According to Savannah, her parents’ crimes were nothing compared to Jen, who had been the real victim and preyed upon by her parents in a national telemarketing scheme. Jen received a 6.5. years in prison while Todd and Julie received a combined 19 years. Todd will serve 12 years and Julie will serve seven years.
“Put the case aside, and it’s worthless — it’s just not,” Savannah said during her January episode. Unlock podcast.
“There are hundreds of elderly victims, and people who have given statements who lost their homes, threatened to end their lives,” said Savannah. “It’s all kinds of things, and he got six and a half years. Makes sense!”
At Chrisley knows best star continued to explain that Jen is unequivocally guilty and confessed to the crime in open court. However, what surprised him was that Todd and Julie never abandoned their declaration of innocence, and he said that they had been an example of injustice.
“You have people who haven’t pleaded guilty and who are going to stand firm,” Savannah said. “We stand for right if not wrong, [and] there are no victims.”
Julie also appears in the episode that has been recorded and claims that “there is more to” the situation of her and Todd than he let in, and she has committed herself to get to the bottom even when she is the head of the prison.
“Nothing adds up, and for me, there’s more,” Julie said. “I have committed myself to finding out what it is and so that we can get to the other side so that we can help others who are going through something like this.”
The podcast episode was released hours before Todd and Julie report to their respective prisons to begin their sentences on Tuesday, January 17.
Just days ago, a judge denied the couple’s motion for bail and extended the surrender date to 21 days.
Todd will serve a 12-year bid at the Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida, and Julie will serve seven years at the Federal FMC in Lexington, Kentucky, in a last-minute change. Originally, Julie was set to serve her sentence in Marianna, Florida, just two hours away from Todd. There is no reason for the change.
Todd and Julie have a plan to compare their beliefs.