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Todd and Julie Chrisley both plead not guilty to federal tax evasion and fraud charges on Wednesday.
The Chrisley Knows Best stars entered the plea in an Atlanta courtroom to 12 counts of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud and tax-evasion charges.
The AP reported that a magistrate court judge released the Chrisleys on $100,000 unsecured bond but ordered them to surrender their passports, limiting their travel beyond parts of Georgia and Tennessee. Lawyers had asked for the travel permission so the couple could continue filming the reality series, currently in its seventh season, which is set in their hometown of Nashville.
Todd and Julie Chrisley, along with their kids use to live in Atlanta, hence why the case is there.
According to the Department of Justice, “Todd and Julie Chrisley allegedly did not timely file income tax returns for the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 tax years or timely pay federal income taxes for any of those years.”
“Todd and Julie Chrisley are charged not only with defrauding a number of banks by fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in loans but also with allegedly cheating taxpayers by actively evading paying federal taxes on the money they earned,” U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said. “Celebrities face the same justice that everyone does. These are serious federal charges, and they will have their day in court.”
“You know we stand in our faith and we stand for what we know is right,” Todd Chrisley told reporters this afternoon after the hearing, according to the AP. “You know our family will stick together, walk this rope because we know God will take our hand and take us through.”
