Todd and Julie Chrisley receive $1 million from Georgia in lawsuit settlement
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The state of Georgia has agreed to pay Todd and Julie Chrisley a $1 million settlement following a 2019 lawsuit they filed alleging misconduct in an investigation against them.
The couple, however, were later convicted on federal fraud and tax evasion charges and sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison. Their sentences were reduced last year, and Todd is expected to be released in 2033, while Juie is scheduled to get out in 2028.
"We have been saying for months that the criminal case against the Chrisleys was highly unusual and had real problems," their lawyer Alex Little said in a Wednesday press release. "This settlement is an encouraging sign. It’s nearly unprecedented for one arm of the government to pay money to defendants when another arm is fighting to keep them in jail."