Savannah Chrisley Explains the ‘Tough Pill to Swallow’ Days Before Parents’ Appeal Lands in Court
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Savannah Chrisley attends the red carpet for Fox's "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test" at Fox Studio Lot on September 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
As Todd and Julie Chrisley prepare to appeal their convictions on Friday, April 19, daughter Savannah Chrisley is opening up about the nerves that come with the next step in, hopefully, freeing her parents from prison.
The 26-year-old offered new insight into the process on the latest episode of her podcast, Unlocked, sharing that those in the Atlanta area are welcome to attend if so desired, as will she and several of her family members.
The reality stars are set to seek an overturned conviction after they "alleged there was government misconduct with the prosecutors...that could have changed the outcome of the verdict...[that] the government [called] harmless errors" when the two were found guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans and conspiring to defraud the IRS and tax evasion. Julie was also convicted on separate charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice. They were sentenced to a combined 19 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Savannah took over as the primary caregiver in the family and has been hopeful ever since to get her parents out of prison early, but now that the day may be approaching, she's incredibly "nervous" given the "injustice" she's used to in "our justice system."
"...knowing that it could not go in our direction," she said, is "a tough pill to swallow," though she's doing her best to "stay as positive as possible."
The two have served about 15 months of their respective sentences for the crimes that they both deny committing and have already received two-year reductions. If this appeal doesn't go their way, Savannah says the family has "other avenues to take."
"Once again, like, super grateful for that—that there are other avenues due to how our trial played out that we could take to get a new trial or to you know just hopefully get them out early," she said.
For now, it's a "waiting game."
