Todd, Julie Chrisley Enchantment Course of: Authorized Professional Weighs In

What’s subsequent? Todd and Julie Chrisley could not have the best time interesting their mixed 19-year jail sentence, in keeping with authorized professional Neama Rhamani.

“I don’t suppose this attraction has a lot probability of success,” the CEO of West Coast Trial Legal professionals completely advised Us Weekly on Tuesday, November 22, in the future after the Chrisley Is aware of Finest couple obtained their sentencing. “I perceive that they’re blaming their former worker Mark [Braddock], however there’s tons of proof of issues that they did, together with what they did for the grand jury, attempting to hinder justice. And the issue with an attraction is you really want to attraction some type of authorized error — a mistake that the decide made. It’s very arduous to attraction a query of reality a jury’s discovering.”

Rhamani continued: “On this specific case, the jurors thought that it was Todd and Julie who dedicated this fraud, not their former worker.”

The lawyer hinted that Braddock, who labored for Todd’s foreclosure-management companies till 2012, is probably going dependable. “After I was a former federal prosecutor, my two greatest sources of knowledge have been at all times exes, husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends and former staff. … They know the place the our bodies are buried,” Rhamani mentioned.

Us confirmed on Monday, November 21, that Todd, 53, was ordered to 12 years in jail after being convicted on costs of tax evasion, financial institution fraud and conspiring to defraud the IRS in June. Julie, 49, was sentenced to seven years. The pair may also need to serve 16 months of probation.

Rhamani was “not stunned” by the size of the truth stars’ sentences, claiming Todd and Julie “tried to mislead the courtroom at each flip” all through their trial. “They first submitted false paperwork to the grand jury, then they tried to get witnesses to lie underneath oath they usually have been convicted after all by that Atlanta jury,” the lawyer advised Us. “And as an alternative of accepting duty, they doubled down. They gave interviews, they posted on social media claiming they’re harmless. So, I’m not stunned that the decide didn’t minimize them a break after they failed to just accept any duty for the fraud that they’ve dedicated.”

The TV personalities pleaded not responsible to the fees as their trial kicked off in Could. Rhamani, nonetheless, argued that there would have been “a major profit” to pleading responsible if the couple wished to scale back their sentences.

“Beneath federal regulation, they need to serve 85 % of their sentence, even when they’re mannequin inmates,” Rhamani advised Us. “So, you may get a brief period of time off for good habits in the event that they’re mannequin inmates, after all, however they’re not gonna get the low cost that they could get in sure states the place some states truly serve half and even lower than that portion of your sentence.”

The true property mogul and the South Carolina native tied the knot in 1996 and share three youngsters: Chase, 26, Savannah, 25, Grayson, 16. Todd can also be the daddy of Lindsie, 33, and Kyle, 31, whom he shares with ex-wife Teresa Terry.

Regardless of the duo’s prolonged jail time, their lawyer advised Us in a press release on Tuesday that the pair are “optimistic concerning the street forward” as they plan their subsequent steps. “Yesterday was a troublesome day for the Chrisley household,” lawyer Alex Little mentioned. “However Todd and Julie are individuals of religion, and that religion provides them power as they attraction their convictions.”

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi