Savannah Chrisley has been keeping everyone up to speed on her parents’ prison situation. Recently, she used her podcast, Unlocked, to give a bittersweet update about her mom and dad.
While Julie Chrisley recently got some good news, the same thing can’t be said about her husband Todd. You guys won’t be able to handle all the crazy and juicy details about the Chrisleys’ neverending family drama.
In 2022, Julie was sentenced to 7 years behind bars for tax evasion and bank fraud, per ABC News. She has already spent 18 months behind bars, which means that she theoretically still has a long way to go. But that’s not actually the case.
She must’ve been super happy to find out that her case would be sent to the lower court for resentencing. According to ABC News, one of the arguments from her appeal claimed that the district court made an error in sentencing her by holding her accountable for the loss amount of the entire bank fraud scheme.
It turns out that there might be some truth to that argument. The judges revealed that they couldn’t identify the evidence they relied on to hold Julie accountable for losses before 2007. They determined that neither the district court nor the government directed them to any evidence that Julie was involved in the conspiracy by 2006.
So what does that mean for Julie exactly?
Well, Celebrating The Soaps reported that it means Julie might get to go home sooner than she originally thought. Which, as you can imagine, is happy news for the entire family.
Todd Is Happy for Julie
The not-so-good news for them is that Todd Chrisley’s appeal was rejected. So it doesn’t look like he’ll be going anywhere anytime soon.
Savannah shared some touching news about her dad’s reaction to Julie’s latest verdict. He apparently didn’t let his own misfortune affect how he felt about his wife’s good fortune.
On her podcast, Savannah said that her dad was fine. She said: “He was crying, like, happy tears knowing that mom could be home.”
She added that the only thing he cared about was getting Julie home, even if he couldn’t join her yet. Obviously, Julie was pretty devastated when she found out about her husband’s appeal rejection. They must’ve been hoping that neither of them would actually have to carry out the full length of their sentencing.
Savannah shared that her mom was heartbroken. But hopefully, she’ll be able to go home and then she could visit Todd. She thought that it would be a game changer for Todd’s overall mental health and well-being and her mother’s, too.
Production Companies Want Julie Back on TV
During the recent episode of Unlocked, Savannah shared a jaw-dropping incident that showed just how greedy people can be. She revealed that as soon as people found out that her mom could be getting out, her publicist started to get phone calls from people in the industry about getting Julie back on TV.
Savannah revealed that a production company reached out to the publicist asking if the Chrisley matriarch was exclusive with a production company yet. The publicist said that she couldn’t believe it. She said that she replied: “You do realize she’s still in prison, correct?”
The news clearly annoyed Savannah. It got her thinking about something else that she’s previously said really gets under her skin.
Apparently, when she first began her podcast, she talked a lot about cancel culture and how much she hated it. She vented that people who were canceling others were actually the ones with too many skeletons in their closets.
When the news about the family’s legal troubles broke, and everyone began canceling them, Savannah said that she knew they’d eventually change their minds. She supposedly said: “‘Just wait, if something goes in our favor, all these people are gonna come out of the woodworks.”
And sure enough, the second people heard that Julie could be getting out of prison, they started calling up her team in hopes of grabbing a deal with her. Savannah said that as much as it angered her, she also knew it was just how the entertainment industry was.
Savannah Doesn’t Want to Get Her Hopes Up
People Magazine revealed that she was hopeful that her mom would be home in the next few months. She said: “If she comes home, oh my gosh, life will be so much better.”
Of course, it’s been super hard for Savannah since her parents got locked up. Not only did she suffer the traumatic and humiliating experience of losing both of her parents at the same time while the whole world watched and pointed fingers at them, but she was also left to take care of her younger brother Grayson, and her niece Chloe.
Now, she’s hoping that her mom might be home in time for Thanksgiving. Then, her family might have time to truly focus on dealing with Todd’s legal situation.
According to Savannah, Julie and Todd’s granddaughter Chloe had tears well up in her eyes when she heard that there was a chance that Julie could be coming home soon. As excited as Savannah was to hear her mom’s news, she admitted that she didn’t want to get her hopes up.
She didn’t want to disappoint Chloe, and she didn’t want to disappoint Grayson, either. Nothing is set in stone yet. There’s a chance that Julie will still have to stay in prison a little longer.
But there is one thing that Julie knows for sure, and it’s something that Savannah might not be thrilled about. On her podcast, Savannah opened up about a conversation she had with her mom after they got the news about her appeal. Apparently, Julie told her daughter that when she did finally come home, Savannah wouldn’t be allowed to leave her.
Julie Might Get in the Way of Savannah’s Relationship
When Savannah asked what she meant, Julie clarified that she understood that her daughter wanted to have her own life. But she said that for the first few months after leaving prison, Savannah would have to stay with her.
I imagine that as happy as she might be that she’s going to have her mom back in her life, Savannah probably isn’t thrilled about having to stay at home with her for months, especially since she is in a new relationship with her boyfriend Robert Shiver.
In May 2024, People Magazine reported that she was already finding their relationship challenging enough because they’ve been doing long-distance. On her podcast, she complained that, at first, long-distance relationships seemed so easy. But when there came big life moments and holidays that they didn’t get to spend together, it got really tough.
As if that wasn’t hard enough, she also pointed out that because Robert has kids, and she’s responsible for her younger siblings, it’s really difficult for them to find alone time together. If Savannah is already having so much trouble getting time in with her boyfriend, then I can’t see how she’s going to have any quality time with him once her mom gets out of jail.
I wonder if she still has her fingers crossed about her mom getting out by Thanksgiving, After getting that sobering news about her mom wanting to depend on her for months, Savannah might not be as desperate to have her back home by the holidays.
