Todd and Julie Chrisley have been a mainstay on reality TV for nearly a decade, but after a legal scandal rocked their world, the pair were given a combined sentence of nearly 20 years in prison.
With a new reality show premiering in September 2025, months after they were pardoned by President Donald Trump, let’s revisit why the Chrisleys went to prison in the first place.
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Keep reading for what to know about Todd and Julie’s prison sentence:
Todd and Julie Chrisley rose to fame on the reality TV series Chrisley Knows Best. The show, which premiered on the USA Network in 2014, ran for 10 seasons until 2023.
Do Todd and Julie Chrisley have kids?
Yes, Todd and Julie have five kids: Lindsie, Kyle, Chase, Savannah and Grayson. They are also the adoptive parents of Kyle’s daughter, Chloe.
Todd and Julie were first investigated in Georgia in 2017 after it was found that they failed to file and pay income taxes for years. They were later indicted on charges of tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy in 2019.
“We have nothing to hide and have done nothing to be ashamed of,” Todd wrote in part via Instagram. “Not only do we know we’ve done nothing wrong, but we’ve got a ton of hard evidence and a bunch of corroborating witnesses that proves it.”
After a lengthy trial, the couple were found guilty of all 12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy in June 2022, all of which they have continuously denied. In November that year, the real estate mogul was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while Julie received a seven-year sentence, marking a combined total of 19 years in prison.
“Todd and Julie Chrisley conspired to defraud community banks in the Atlanta area to obtain more than $36 million in personal loans,” the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Georgia said at the time, adding that along with their former business partner, Peter Tarantino, the duo “submitted false bank statements, audit reports, and personal financial statements to Georgia community banks to obtain the loans.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office continued: “The Chrisleys spent the money on luxury cars, designer clothes, real estate, and travel – and used new fraudulent loans to pay back old ones. After spending all the money, Todd Chrisley filed for bankruptcy and walked away from more than $20 million of these fraudulently obtained loans.”
The U.S. Attorney’s office also found that the Chrisleys and Tarantino “conspired to defraud the IRS” to evade collection of $500,000 in delinquent taxes owed by Todd, and that Todd and Julie failed to file tax returns nor pay any taxes for the 2013, 2014, 2015, or 2016 tax years.
Todd and Julie reported to their respective prisons in January 2023, with Todd serving time at Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Fla., while Julie was behind bars at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Ky.
When did the Chrisleys get pardoned?
President Donald Trump pardoned the Chrisleys in May 2025.
At the time, White House aide Margo Martinposted a video of the president calling the reality stars’ daughter, Savannah, to share the news of his pardon of her parents.
Do Todd and Julie Chrisley have a new reality show?
Yes, Todd and Julie have a new reality show, which premieres on Lifetime in September 2025. Chrisleys: Back to Reality is a six-episode series that stars Julie and Todd, kids Savannah, Chase and Grayson, Chloe, Nanny Faye and Julie's parents, Harvey and Pam.
"It's amazing that those that walked away from you are the first ones knocking at the door again,” Todd said during an appearance on My View With Lara Trump. “So we're coming back to television, and I think that we're heading back home. We're heading back to South Carolina where we came from, and we're going to open a hotel there, and we're going to create a show around it, and we're going to hopefully be grandparents at some point."
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