Todd and Julie Chrisley Granted Sentencing Delay for Fraud Case After Requesting a New Trial
etonline.comTodd and Julie Chrisley have been granted a sentencing delay in their tax fraud case. The stars are now scheduled to be sentenced in an Atlanta courtroom on Nov.
21, according to a new legal document obtained by ET. Back in June, the couple was found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud.
Todd and Julie could face up to 30 years in jail for the conviction and were originally scheduled to receive their sentencing on Oct.
6.The shift comes after Todd and Julie motioned for a new trial and acquittal in August, claiming that their initial trial was «fundamentally unfair.» In that legal filing, Todd and Julie argued that an IRS Revenue officer «lied» in her testimony about the Chrisleys owing taxes «when she knew no taxes were due.» They claimed that those statements had the effect of «falsely painting the Chrisleys as untruthful, likely to commit other forms of fraud, and evading the tax payments alleged in the indictment.»They also accused the court of admitting «substantial volumes of evidence at trial which were obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment,» citing financial documents they say were «unlawfully seized» by Georgia's Department of Revenue and initially suppressed by the court.
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