UPDATE: Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley were in court today to plead not guilty multiple felonies. Each of them had their own attorney. They were granted $100,000 unsecured bonds. They have travel restrictions and cannot leave middle Tennessee (they live in Nashville) and/or north Georgia without requesting travel permits from a probation officer.
Todd Chrisley made the following statement to reporters:
“We stand in our faith, and we stand in what we know is right. We are fortunate to have the counsel that we have and our family will stick together, and we’ll walk this road because we know that the good Lord will hold our hand and take us through,” said.
Todd and Julie Chrisley have been federally charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion. This doesn’t surprise me at all. Tamara Tattles has previously reported on their alleged criminal activity. Todd and Julie claimed they lived in their Florida vacation home instead of their primary residency in Atlanta where they were filming Chrisley Knows Best. Julie testified honestly in that investigation and said they were never legal residents of Florida. Todd’s estranged son also testified that they were never residents of Florida. The couple was found to owe over a million dollars in unpaid state taxes. Julie was found culpable for a separate amount.
Today, Rodney Ho of the AJC reported the federal charges.
“Todd and Julie Chrisley are charged not only with defrauding a number of banks by fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in loans, but also with allegedly cheating taxpayers by actively evading paying federal taxes on the money they earned,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “Celebrities face the same justice that everyone does. These are serious federal charges and they will have their day in court.”
Those offense came between 2007 and 2012. Todd and Julie also allegedly did not file income tax returns in a timely fashion for the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 tax years according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Todd Chrisley Indicted, Denies All Charges
Todd immediately took to Instagram yesterday before the indictment to say none of this is true. He blames it all on his tax accountant who he fired in 2012. He claims he tried to destroy the Chrisley’s and is getting immunity for his information. Um, if he were getting immunity that would mean there was a crime committed. Todd should keep his mouth shut about the situation on social media. He’s implicating himself. Also, Peter Tarantino, the accountant for the Chrisleys from 2007-2012 has also been indicted. So clearly he was not behind the charges.
The last time Todd Chrisley was charged with tax evasion in Georgia, Todd Chrisley attacked the appearance of the female reporter who broke the story. In both of his public denials he includes lots of Bible versions and cloaks himself with Jesus.
Also, he was not involved in the charges against the Chrisleys from 2013-2016. These two are going to do some prison time. Perhaps he can teach Sunday School in there. I feel sorry for Julie, but not for Todd. Chrisley Knows Best premiered in 2014 and has filmed seven seasons so far.
was this the reason bravo randomly aired a chrisley knows best episode the other night?
Probably, Todd knew USA was going to cancel him too, so he probably was already on the phone with Andy trying to get on Bravo. It costs a lot to get out of trouble and I’m guessing his only stream of revenue is Celebrity related at this time. He can’t go down like Jenelle. He’s looking to follow in the steps of Trey, a trial special, taking care of the kids without Julie special etc. It was probably a test run of how many people tuned in and stayed tuned.
Bravo has been airing his show for over 2 months now, along with other cable shows from USA, E, and other networks
He has always reminded me of a small time religious leader in Southern California who, years ago, conned his congregation and my in-laws out of millions of dollars in supposed overseas investments. His was a ponzi scheme. Hopefully their heavenly gates have the proper barbed wire fencing.
LOL !! I always got a Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker of PTL fame vibe from those two…only I think it will be Todd with the make-up running boo-hoos this time around……
Is this congregation couple referring to the late Paul and Jan Crouch from Trinity Broadcasting Network ? or someone else? Not sure who are being referred to here
@Cheryle, not referring to someone from a television broadcast network, this was a much smaller, more insular husband and wife generated Ponzi scheme based on the idea that while in third world countries spreading the gospel certain financial opportunities were discovered that coincided with spreading the word of God. Needless to say no pilgrimages to other needy countries were ever actually made.
I will in any event miss their show. It was actually a show I could watch with my kids. The family loves each other and wasn’t someone trying to beat each other up all the time.
At least two of his children are estranged from the family and his daughter has alleged when she told her father she wouldn’t lie for him, he threatened to release private and embarrassing information about her as well as a sex tape (EWWW!). These people always have feet of clay
I thought they were swindler preach people too!
The worst people in the world are the LOOK HOW RELIGIOUS I AM ! People. Or, my personal least favorite those who say they are BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED! by God. If they ever cracked open a Bible they would know that God doesn’t have favorites, well at least since the New Testament, and that you don’t have to SCREAM how religious you are on your Twitter profiles or screen names. The Jesus they claim to love so much told them explicitly not to say that, instead he said people would know they were Christians by their service and love of others.
The LOOK AT ME! Christians aren’t Christians at all. Jesus never has had favorites.
TT you would hate Houston. Some of the worst people I’ve ever met and they consider themselves to be saints because of their ‘devotion’ to Jesus.
I love people who love Jesus! Just not people who scream that from the rafters rather than being Jesus like.
Too many religious people claim Jesus loves them best because they are rich. They forget the whole camel through the eye of a needle thing.
I love religious people who are kind and do good things in the world. Of any faction.
I don’t proclaim to be overly religious. I still try to do nice things. And when nice things are done for me I always pay it forward. Sometimes that ends badly. But at least I try.
And I am religiously confused/agnostic/exploring even though I was raised in the church, or perhaps because of that. I wasn’t really seeing the practices outlined in the Bible, or the Koran, both of which I have read (Bible cover to cover, Koran, not as in depth though I have multiple copies of each in my library. The Koran is huge because each page is in both Arabic and English. I was thinking the other day I need to donate them and other Libyan stuff to the Libyan Embassy.
Either way. I stand by my point that the religious fanatics are not religious at all. No matter the religion.
TT: check out PrechersNSneakers on IG. It follows the “Prosperity Gospel” preachers and their $1000 sneakers, belts, etc.
@Jen,
Please don’t paint all of us from Houston with a broad brush. Not all of us fall for Joel & Victoria O”s loafd of crap-especially after how they showed their asses during Harvey.
Besides, there are plenty of people who profess their Christianity on front street while judging others and other behaviors inconsistent with their proclamations of faith in other cities in Texas. Dallas comes to mind. There’s plenty in other states as well! At least Houston is big enough of a melting pot to have a variety of other faiths as to drown out all the preachy holier than thou asshats.
Sorry just felt the need to defend my native city. Lol
Agreed that TT would hate it here though. It’s HOT & HUMID AF!
@IJC leave Dallas out this debate. What has been stated here goes on all over the country and not just Texas. I agree with Tamara. It is the ones that have to tell you they are blessed and highly favor, whenever you greet them or blurt out I am a Christian, before they are asked. I say it not fanatical. I say they are good Christian people depending on the situation or context of the conversation they are having at the time.
@Boujee,
I’m sorry. Didn’t mean to throw Dallas under the bus. Or Jen! My comment wasn’t meant to be that serious or literal anyway. I was just jokingly defending Houston where there are admittedly plenty of ppl who scream from the rooftops how Christian they are but really they’re some of the most judgmental ppl in the bunch with zero self awareness of how their behavior is less than Christlike.
It’s not just Texas. We just happen to be part of the “Bible Belt “ where a lot of people are the kind of ‘do as I say, not as I do’ people. It’s hypocrisy and it’s annoying. And then there’s decent, good people, too. Some of the decent people don’t even identify as Christians (gasp!)
Mea culpa. Did not mean to offend anyone! ?
I grew up Southern Baptist. Pastor and his wife drove Mercedes Benz sports cars, lived in an exclusive neighborhood, and basically preached if you weren’t “favored” by God your life was worthless and you were going to hell.
I agree..those who scream the loudest have the most to hide.
On another note…check out Lindsie Chrisley’s twitter. She appears to be throwing a lot of built up shade and rightfully so! I’m glad she and her adorable hubby stayed together. He’s the real deal.
Who is she? Is she one of the kids who didn’t want to be on the show?
Yes! The oldest daughter from the first wife but Julie did adopt her. She was on the first season or two. Todd hated her husband who seemed perfectly normal and quite handsome as well as manly. I’d love your opinion on her tweets…
I don’t get this family. The dad is gay and mom doesn’t care?
Tried to watch a couple of times and couldn’t get into them.
This show has no following in Australia so I’ve just seen the father on WWHL & I think Wendy Williams. Had no idea he was married to a lady. NTTIAWWT, my picker must be off.
Todd and his son Chase are often accused of being gay. Both proclaim they are not.
OMG they are SO GAY!
Also, Julie was Todd’s high school sweetheart. They are best friends. I wouldn’t count on a Bravo deal. Todd’s been on WWHL and Andy smelled a gay rat.
Julie is his second wife. He married his high school sweetheart and they had two kids. They divorced and he married Julie. She was already pregnant with Chase when they married.
Gasp! No way! She was already pregnant when they married?!?!?! I hope that isn’t catching!
I read the son is in trouble, too.
So disappointed in this news. This was a show I was happy to view because it had a lot of hilarious moments! Hoping for the best for this family.
It did when he didn’t have his mother on the show. That woman irked me.
Todd is going to be a prison bitch.
Oh yes he is.
And love every minute of it.
I never understood where this family got their money from before the show. I just remember when they first went on the air they bragged about the money they spent on clothing and cars etc. Todd won’t last a minute in prison. Come to think of it,neither will she. They don’t have the street smarts the Guidice’s have. I feel bad for the kids. They might have to get jobs.
Todd is going to have a dandy ol’ time with all them men in prison
Todd will probably love prison. He’s never been able to publicly act on his desires before. Julie has already testified against Todd once during the state proceedings. They were both found to owe money separately. This doesn’t bode well for Julie. She will do some time but not as much as Todd.
I just went out to run some errands and by a SECOND new dog bed for Banjo in the past couple of days. He found the first one unacceptable. He doesn’t like poofy beds Now he has a fucking Serta one. He has yet to acknowledge it. Mostly because I got Captain D’s. I deserve fucking Captain D’s. Anyway, my point was it was the top story on talk radio and I heard a prosecutor say that some of the charges have possible 30 year sentences. Normally I would say Todd would not get that much. This he has been doing this for OVER A DECADE.
I just googled Serta Dog beds. Lucky Banjo.
“Been doing this for over a decade,” why does it take so long for the prosecutors to catch up with these alleged criminals?
I think the Feds case was triggered by the state case which led to a very THOROUGH investigation. Once the Feds bring charges, they have you by the short hairs.
I am TERRIFIED of the IRS. I’m a good girl who pays all her taxes. But now that I have a business where I have to pay quarterly taxes I am anxious every three months, trying to make my payments and worry that the bank will be late sending the money. And it’s awful.
HOWEVER, I do know that if I ever do fuck up, they will send a letter demanding payment and if you pay then you are fine. Plus I have tax people to do the end of year stuff and if I make more than I paid on, It all gets paid in the April payment and they fine you a bit. I have to rely on a tax guy to handle all of that.
Even when I expatriate, I will still have to pay Federal taxes (but not state).
Here is what pisses me off. Some years I get a “refund.” For example last year I got like I dunno $12.97 back. One year the Feds sent me back like $125.41. If they know how much I owe why can’t they just bill me? Also I was fine like 40 dollars for underpaying on my quarterly payments one year. My tax guy tells me what to pay.
Anyway, the whole thing terrifies me. I am not sure how I will do it overseas. So I am thinking about purchasing an expensive program. That is what the tax guy does here, he just plugs my numbers that I have to come up with into a program and charges me insane amounts and STILL GETS IT WRONG. If I am living on my own private island, I may have to move my business to the country of Tamara’s Island. lol.
I consider becoming a republican for 2.3 seconds every year during tax season. Jokingly. Until this year. Their new tax “break” really hurt.
I’m a “proud supporter” of most Republican polices. But that is not what is happening right now. And the actual republicans supporting this sack of shit need to be voted out of office.
Example, Lindsey Graham (SC) who called Trump out on his racist shit in the debates suddenly championship his racism because that is what he thinks SC wants. Let’s not go there. I get hate mail all day from the people who are “not racist and proud supporters of Trump.”
CAN’T. EVEN. WITH. GRAHAM. OR. CRUZ.
I KNOW! I forget what Trump said about Cruz something like part of a murder conspiracy for… JFK?…. someone. HE WAS FURIOUS! And now he has a suite up Trump’s ass adjoining Grahams.
All politicians are sell outs in this country. To be fair none of the Dems called out Bill Clinton either… sigh
I will never understand why in a country of millions of good people we always have to pick who is less awful. Sigh.
Well that explains why Savannah, Chase and Nanny got their own show…..Growing Up Chrisley. It just started this week. Guess they knew it was coming and made a deal. I did like this show in the beginning but it got so ridiculous with all of the schemes and nonsense. I hope someone takes care of the two youngest. Just another one bites the dust……
Actually this is the second season of Savannah and Chase. The first was in the Spring.
Both shows have been cancelled. USA Network doesn’t want to be involved with criminals. Unlike Bravo which loves them.
Is banjos new bed the Sierra memory foam couch? My jade and Brutus love theres! Got mine at sams club
My dog didn’t like the puffy bed I bought him either. He only likes his old lumpy bed. Hope Banjo likes the Serta one. I have tried a couple new ones but ended up having to take them back since her refused to get on them..
Joe and Teresa 2.0. They will probably get the same joke of a deal that the two Jersey knuckle draggers received…sans the deportation option.
Todd will be as happy as Br’er Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch!
I liked their show at the beginning because in a strange way, it was comforting to me to see parents who genuinely loved their children and want to spend time with them, even if Todd was vastly overprotective and stalker-ish them. I lost interest in it when it became far more scripted and contrived than it was at the very beginning. I’m sure both Todd and Julie did very wrong here, but there’s a secret part of me that wants them to work this out with the government – yeah, like that’s going to happen, I know. Yeah, Todd sure seems gay – maybe this will get him to finally get out of the closet in prison – it just makes me sad that the family will more than likely be torn apart – I’m assuming Chloe would go back to the addict-bipolar son who fathered him? That child, in my humble opinion, is not safe with that guy – he is dangerous and that would not end well. Guess I’ll say a prayer or two for them – don’t care if they were fake religious or genuine, whether the show was fake or real, or whether they are massive criminals or just the worst managers of money ever – their show made me laugh a little and I really needed it back then, at it was another spectacularly dark time in my life, just like the very black clouds circling my life are doing at the moment as well. Night-night, you wonderful chatters and to the best group leader on the planet – TT. I hope Banjo feels better and loves his new bed. My cfat has a huge cat tree with 4 places to lay on it, a cat bed (that has an electric blanket), my bed that has an electric blanket on her side for her…………then, she has three empty Amazon boxes, which she prefers to lay in one or two of them like she’s a homeless street urchin-cat – gu figure.
Like you, I watched in the beginning until it became too scripted. I have thought about Grayson and Chloe since the news broke. They are both still young. The feds have more than just some disgruntled ex employee’s accusations. They would not be indicting without a solid paper trail. When I read it I thought this is like deja vu…Joe & Teresa. It’s really sad. Life will never be the same for those kids. Both shows have been cancelled so that source of income is gone. More than likely speaking engagements, product endorsements, etc are gone as well.
Isn’t the daughter that talks with marbles in her mouth marrying a football player?
A hockey player, Nic Kerdiles.
This news somehow does not shock me one bit. Not a regular viewer of the show but something set my BS meter off when I did watch. It still boggles my mind why people go on these shows thinking that the skeletons in their closets won’t come out. Like some major combination of narcissism and denial must be a prerequisite for a reality show participant? Or just plain old stupidity? I don’t get it.
I just want Nanny Fay to get her own show! Throw the youngest son Grayson in with her too! Ok the kids and Nanny Fay…Face it Nanny Fay is the best part of this show!
Love Nanny Fay. She’s crazy, seems to know it, and is fine with sharing her coo coo for coco puffs life with us. Works for me. I think Savannah is very bright and will land on her feet wherever this carnival drops her off.
In the beginning I really liked the show but as time went on, well, it just seemed. forced. I don’t even know what Chase does because he seems only interested in his appearance and candles. Savannah I realize is engaged but is trying to make a go of her cosmetics, and clothing line. Grayson seems like the typical kid and Chloe is very spoiled. I hope she doesn’t have to go back to her bi-polar addicted Dad. Even his latest relationship has hits the skids because their were claims of abuse.
I never knew exactly what they did. Sold real estate but that was never really showcased, owned a juice bar, and Julie trying to get her desert line off the ground. I didn’t figure she would be involved with this as she’s never the focus. Todd yes because he thinks he is Jesus Christ reincarnated.
Assholes like this make me sick. As a single adult, with no children, living in Minnesota, I get screwed every two weeks. Thousands a year that I’ll never see again and these people raking it in are too cheap to pay their fair share. Sickening.
This “reality show” is so obviously scripted, but I think it’s so funny. I like the dynamic of the family. It sucks to find out they are criminals though.
*On a sidenote, I LOVE Captain D’s.
I just don’t understand why people don’t realize that this kind of stuff will catch up with them. Especially when they are in the limelight.
They turned themselves in this morning.
Hi TT. I’m a long-time reader but first time commenter. First, thanks for the post on this, I always appreciate your take and accurate reporting on these kinds of events. Second, as I’m writing this local news reports say that Todd and Julie have turned themselves in and are supposed to appear before a judge at 2:30 PM today. Can you please walk us through what the process for them is at this point? Do they enter a plea at this stage? I’m assuming they would not be held in jail but might have to post some type of bond that would be negotiated in Court? Also do you think USA Networks will go ahead and drop their show because of these charges or wait and see what happens?
Welcome to the site. Your first comment! Exciting! LoL. Come back, I think you’ll like me best (after TT of course).
Hell, even I like you best. Don’t tell. 🙂
POST UPDATED!
I just read the entire indictment and Julie Chrisly was VERY involved in all the fraud and conspiracy. She should get as much if not MORE time than Todd. She was the main person doing the wire fraud. She was falsifying credit reports and bank statements by cutting and pasting fake numbers over the actual numbers on the credit reports and bank statements.
There are also numerous emails between Todd and the tax guys where he makes it very clearly he is sending false information and hiding his assets in a loan out corp. Also he appears to be flat broke most of the time. In the middle of this fraudulent decade he also filed for bankruptcy right before he started the show.
They have MOUNTAINS of evidence. And the first tax attorney did take an immunity deal to spill all the tea from the earlier years. It looks like he was fired only for Todd to hire someone who was even MORE corrupt.
Which Chrisley has the initials E.F.C?
Could EFC have something to do with his mother Faye Chrisley? How can one get a copy of the paperwork. For some reason, I am interested in reading it.
That’s probably exactly who it is.
You can read the entire indictment here.
https://media-beta.wsbtv.com/document_dev/2019/08/13/Chrisley%20Indictment_16130461_ver1.0.pdf
Thank you!
It is EXACTLY who it is. I found the corporate filing in the Tennessee state records and the name listed – ELIZABETH FAYE CHRISLEY. How nasty to get your mother involved in your fraud. I’ll send you the record number if interested.
I haven’t cut and pasted numbers and letters since my fake ID making days back in college circa 1987!
I must ask what lender let’s you send them your credit report??? We just bought a place in our hometown to help with aging parents. I assure you the mortgage company did not let me send them my credit information. They get your social and pull the info from the bureaus. What kind of world are these “celebrities” living in?
I just got a visual of Julie with her exacto knife…
Giggle
IIRC the cut and paste stuff was to rent a house in California.
Juicy alleged info about Lindsie and a sex tape that Chase bought from her????? Tapes of her with two different bachelorette contestants!!! She says Todd and Chase have been harassing and threatening to release it. Reports say she turned them in for the tax evasion. She denies it!
Gotta say when I saw the headlines on it I really hoped the sex tape was of Todd! ?
WWJD? Commit fraud and tax evasion., apparently.
You think Houston is bad? Just stay out of the state of GA. You can’t swing a cat without hitting a bible-thumping hypocrite.
Look up the little shit that’s a GOP leader out of Athens. He’ll tell you all about how Repubs are going to repopulate the earth since they’re righteously having so many babies, and what with the evil Dems being baby eaters and all.
We’re all going to hell in a hand basket.
ROTFL ?
Love this comment! Thanks, Sam!
This is insane!!!. First, Todd wants to get ahead of everything and professes their innocence before news even breaks of the indictment by claiming it’s all a former employee lying and falsifying documents. Then, news breaks and the kids start fighting on social media. Kyle, the oldest son who has been in trouble himself, claimed in the not so distant past that his dad is gay and crooked. Now, Kyle is saying he lied before when he said those things. Also, Kyle is now saying his biological mother & Lindsie actually turned Todd in awhile back and that’s what got the investigation started. So which is it??? LMAO The former employee concocted it all and turned them in, or Todd’s first wife and Lindsie reported what was going on??? There’s too much coming out for them to be innocent. I truly feel for the youngest child Grayson, and the granddaughter, Chloe. Also, I feel for Lindsie at this point…..now, Todd is acting like oh we tried to protect Lindsie and didn’t say anything about her extramarital affairs, named the 2 guys names she was with, and allegedly he and/or Chase threatened to release this sex tape everyone is now talking about. I don’t really give a shit if she had an affair/affairs or made a sex tape, but I think Todd is a POS for his statements revealing this stuff. This is his daughter!!! If Todd broke the law, he should pay & it should not be on any of his kids to cover for him, lie, etc. I can’t stand people that blame others when they get caught…if you do the crime then it’s your own damn fault if and when you get caught. People like this piss me off…if you keep your hands clean you don’t have to worry about covering your tracks.
TT please please keep us posted on this. You always have the best sources. It’s got me all worked up now that Todd’s apparently trying to make his on child look like shit. That’s just low AF.
WOWZA. They are definitely going to jail. The IRS likes to make a public example of well known people, to motivate the rest of the population to file and pay their taxes.
The excuses and responses to these charges are delusional. The IRS and FBI have gathered all the evidence. There is no explaining away bank statements, folks. In most tax evasion cases, the IRS first gets the evidence, THEN asks you questions.
My guess is the co-conspirator is the one that provided all the email evidence. And I can definitely believe they used EFC to hide the income. For shame. Using your own Mother and throwing her under the bus.