Locked-up actuality star Julie Chrisley is demanding her present 84-month sentence be vacated and reassigned to a unique decide for sentencing.
In keeping with WSBTV, Julie’s authorized staff filed new courtroom paperwork on Friday, December 20, accusing the courtroom of unfair therapy of their shopper throughout her September resentencing. On September 25, a federal decide confirmed Julie’s sentence would stay at 84 months – the identical as her unique seven-year jail sentence in 2022.
“The listening to and sentence can solely depart on impression to any cheap observer: the sentence was vindictive,” the doc acknowledged. “As an alternative, the courtroom spent extra time admonishing Mrs. Chrisley’s daughter, who was within the courtroom, for public statements she made important of the case, which the courtroom realized about off the report.”
“Mrs. Chrisely obtained a vindictive and unfair sentence from a decide personally biased towards her and her household,” the doc continued.
On the time of resentencing, Julie’s legal professional, Jay Surgent, referred to as the decide’s choice “harsh” and “unreasonable,” telling The U.S. Solar, “She needs to be handled as a daily defendant, which I don’t suppose she is due to her notoriety. I actually do suppose it’s due to her fame.”
Julie’s daughter, Savannah Chrisley, echoed related sentiments, telling her Unlocked podcast listeners in October, “It has been in retaliation for us exercising our proper to an attraction and being granted, partly, a profitable attraction. After which yesterday, the decide confirmed that this was extra than simply us exercising our proper to an attraction.”
She added, “This was her not liking how outspoken I’m and the way I’m out right here telling the reality about corruption that’s occurring. It felt prefer it was a punch within the intestine as a result of to suppose that I did one thing that harmed my mom’s capability to be a free girl, that one stung actually unhealthy.”
Julie and her husband, Todd, had been convicted in 2022 of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the USA. Julie was given a 7-year sentence at FMC Lexington, whereas Todd was handed a 12-year sentence at Federal Jail Camp Pensacola.
Within the newest courtroom doc, Julie’s legal professional, Alex Little, argued, “Nothing within the report of the courtroom’s explanations supported a harsher sentence. Actually, the alternative is true. The district courtroom supplied no rationale for the harsher sentence. The sentence was due to this fact presumptively vindictive.”
Little went on to state, “The courtroom ought to vacate her sentence and reassign sentencing to a unique decide on remand.”