Todd Chrisley is worried about his wife, Julie, after her tearful resentencing hearing, in which the judge upheld her initial 84-month sentence.
In an exclusive statement to The Post, one of the couple’s attorneys, Jay Surgent, reveals Todd, 55, is “extremely disappointed” and “dissatisfied” with Judge Eleanor L. Ross’ Sept. 25 ruling.
This outlet can reveal that Todd is “concerned about Julie’s health and welfare” following the news, especially after she suffered what The Post is told was a “serious health problem” behind bars.
Their daughter, Savannah Chrisley, 27, told her podcast listeners earlier this year that Julie’s prison doctor informed her that she may have had a possible tumor in 2023.
Todd and Julie are serving reduced sentences at separate prisons after being convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022.
The “Chrisley Knows Best” patriarch is spending ten years at Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida while Julie, 51, has been serving her five-year sentence in Lexington, Kentucky.
The reality TV family was hopeful that Julie’s sentence would be further reduced at her hearing last week after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges concluded in June that there was no evidence she was involved in the entire bank fraud scheme dating back to 2006.
Her case was then sent to a lower court for resentencing.
Julie stood before Judge Ross at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in downtown Atlanta last week and apologized profusely for her actions between tears.
“I would like to say I’ve had years to think about what I’ve wanted to say and I’m sorry for my actions and situations that let us to where we are today,” she said in court, per People. “I’ve had 20 months in prison, but it has been much more leading up to the trial and I apologize for my actions that led to where we are today.”
“I have done everything I can do to get closer to my family. I’ve taken tests for new skills, such as driving a forklift and serving food in proper ways … this has been the most difficult part of my life. I can’t ever repay my children for what they’ve had to go through and for that, I am so sorry,” the ex-TV star added.
Savannah and her brother, Chase, 28, were in the courtroom Julie’s resentencing.
After the ruling, Savannah expressed her frustrations on her podcast, “Unlocked With Savannah Chrisley.”
“The judge showed that this was more than just us exercising our right to an appeal,” she said. “This was her not liking how outspoken I am.”
Savannah claimed Judge Ross was “indirectly reprimanding [her] in the courtroom during a sentencing hearing that was not [Savannah’s] sentencing hearing.”
“After that hearing where, it felt like it was a punch in the gut. Because to think that I did something that harmed my mother’s ability to be a free woman that one stung really bad,” she told listeners.
Savannah has repeatedly addressed the alleged mistreatment that inmates are reportedly experiencing behind the prison walls, including her father, who she claimed suffered retaliation over her speaking out.
“That was her way of telling me, ‘You better shut up because it’s only going to get worse for you,’” she alleged of Judge Ross’ decision.
But Savannah isn’t backing down.
“I will continue to fight for my parents. And I will be as loud as I can possibly be because the judge clearly showed today that she was using my outspokenness to change a system that is so broken,” she stated after the ruling.
