Julie Chrisley’s appeal for a shorter prison sentence has been denied after a judge ruled she will continue to serve seven years for bank fraud and tax evasion, leaving her daughter Savannah “in ruins.”
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to grant the disgraced 51-year-old television star a more lenient sentence, declaring that “it will not budge” despite his appeal.
This comes three months after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Julie’s initial sentence had miscalculated her sentence and found no evidence to prove her full participation in the bank fraud scheme.
A source close to the family revealed that her new sentence devastated her eldest daughter, Savannah, 27, who was so sure her mother would be released that she had planned a party.
The source added that the rest of the Chrisley family fears Savannah is putting her parents’ case at risk by “talking non-stop” about it.
Julie Chrisley’s appeal for a shorter prison sentence was denied on Wednesday
The new sentence has devastated her daughter Savannah, 27, who was so confident her mother would be released that she had planned a huge party, people close to the family said.
“Savannah is in ruins,” they said. “I had everything ready for Julie to come home. I was so sure she would be released.
‘There were decorations, all the food for a big, lavish home-cooked meal with all the trimmings and everyone was getting ready for a big welcome home.
“This makes no sense to Savannah, who has spent every waking moment doing everything she can.”
According to the source, Savannah is furious that Anna Delvey was able to appear on Dancing with the Stars with an ankle monitor for “seemingly worse crimes.”
They continued: ‘She says it’s a slap in the face. But her rhetoric and non-stop talking do nothing to help the case.
“Her family has asked her to tone it down. She is devastated, as is Chase, the children and nanny Faye.”
Julie dressed in a navy blue prison uniform for her new sentence.
Addressing the judge, he said: “I apologize for my actions and what led me to where I am today.”
Julie and her husband Todd were found guilty in July 2022 of conspiring to defraud community banks of more than $30 million.
Savannah has spoken openly about the abhorrent conditions her parents have faced behind bars.
He added that serving a prison sentence had been “the most difficult time of my life” and had affected his loved ones.
“I can never repay my children for what they have been through, and I am sorry for that,” she added.
Julie and her husband Todd, 55, were found guilty in July 2022 of conspiring to defraud community banks of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans.
The Chrisleys were also found guilty of tax evasion by hiding their earnings while displaying an extravagant lifestyle, and both will go to prison in January 2023.
Their sentences were reduced in September 2023: Julie received five and a half years in the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, while Todd received 10 years in a federal prison in Pensacola.
Their daughter Savannah, who starred in the film alongside her incarcerated parents, has spoken out about the abhorrent conditions they have faced behind bars.
A source close to the family told DailyMail.com that Savannah had “everything ready” for Julie to return home.
In July, she claimed the heat at Julie’s Kentucky prison had caused her mother to become “physically ill.”
“In the visiting room, thank God, there is air conditioning,” Savannah said of alleged prison conditions at the FMC (Federal Medical Center) in Lexington.
‘But outside the visiting room, there is no air conditioning.
‘The heat index was 105, 110 and those are the conditions Mom was living in, those conditions with absolutely no air.
“And inside the building it can be 100 degrees.”
Savannah continued: ‘She literally said she got physically sick because she was so hot.
‘There are women who suffer from heat exhaustion and faint, but there are service dogs who have air conditioning.
“None of this makes sense to me. It’s so inhumane that it can’t be made up. And it’s hard.”
In July, Savannah claimed that the heat at Julie’s Kentucky prison had caused her mother to become “physically ill.”
In July, she took her efforts to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, using the platform to criticize the prosecution and conviction of her parents, who she says were “targeted” because of their “public profile and conservative beliefs.”
She compared their alleged unfair treatment to that of Trump during his highly publicized hush-money trial against porn star Stormy Daniels, which sources close to the case say was a calculated ploy to win the former president’s sympathy with the “ultimate goal” of getting him to release his parents.
Julie and Todd rose to fame on Chrisley Knows Best, which premiered in 2014.
The film follows Todd, a self-made millionaire living in Atlanta, and the family’s various exploits.
The case ended abruptly in 2023 following the couple’s conviction, which came after an exhaustive investigation by the Justice Department.