Savannah Chrisley Shares “Hopeful” Update on Mom Julie Chrisley’s Release E- News
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00:00So now we sit and wait, hopefully no more than 90 days to go for that hearing and hopefully she comes home.
00:09Savannah Chrisley is sharing a new update on Julie's release.
00:13On July 2nd, the 26-year-old takes to her Unlocked podcast to give her fans an update on her mom's vacated 7-year prison sentence for tax evasion and bank fraud.
00:26In that she's, quote, hopeful her mom will return home soon following a court-ordered re-sentence.
00:33So now we sit and wait, hopefully no more than 90 days to go for that hearing and hopefully she comes home.
00:42Because the government said they could, well, the appeals court said they could not find the evidence used to convict mom.
00:49And so mom will go get re-sentenced. Hopefully she comes home.
00:53If she comes home, oh my gosh, life will be so much better.
00:57On June 21st, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of Julie's husband, Todd Chrisley,
01:07who was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and their accountant, Peter Tarantino.
01:12However, the panel found that the original trial judge had miscalculated Julie's sentence in 2022.
01:19The judge's ruling, obtained by People Magazine, indicated that while Julie was held responsible for the entire bank fraud scheme that began in 2006,
01:30there was insufficient evidence to prove her involvement prior to 2007.
01:35The panel noted that neither the prosecutors nor the trial judge provided any specific evidence showing her involvement in 2006.
01:44Savannah goes on to mention how her goal is to have her mom home by Thanksgiving, which would allow her to have time to, quote, focus on all of dad's stuff.
01:54And then I'll have time to truly focus on all of dad's stuff.
01:58This really wasn't people view it as a loss for dad.
02:02But in the grand scheme of things, when you read through it, the appeals court gave us a very solid case for an effective counsel by saying trial lawyers should have done X, Y and Z.
02:13They should have objected. They should have filed the motion timely.
02:17For some reason, they decided to file it two years past the deadline.
02:22So none of that really makes sense to me, especially when you spend an absolute fortune.
02:27I want to say around probably five million dollars on a legal defense at trial.
02:33And this is where it gets you. So that will be huge because we could be granted a new trial.
02:40Savannah also shares how the family is doing amid all the ongoing news, reflecting on a therapy session she had with Chloe, the niece of Todd and Julie, who are now the guardians of the 11 year old.
02:53The 26 year old mentions that Chloe had, quote, tears well up in her eyes hearing about Julie potentially returning home.
03:02But nothing new happening for Todd.
03:04I spoke to her therapist and then Chloe came in and we sat down and her therapist asked, like, hey, do you think your outburst today maybe had something to do with things that you've heard?
03:19And she asked Chloe, like, have you heard things?
03:22And Chloe goes, yeah.
03:25And we asked her about what?
03:27And she said, well, mom and dad.
03:30And it was so heartbreaking to sit there and watch her face as I tell her that there's a chance mom could come home like this.
03:41We had to do the appeal.
03:43There's a chance she could come home.
03:45But for dad, nothing's happening for him right now.
03:49And to see she kind of had, like, tears well up in her eyes.
03:52And it was literally I'm, like, sitting there wiping tears from my face and just watching how much hurt and disappointment that kids have to go through at such a young age.
04:04It just it breaks my heart.