The Reason Why Todd And Julie Chrisley Received $1 Million Settlement Explained

Todd and Julie Chrisley’s appeal is off to an encouraging start, so much so Julie feels she could be out a few weeks after her 51st birthday.

Not only is it off to a great start, the couple has won a million dollar settlement for the misconduct involved in the investigation carried out against them. Who said 7+ years? More like, we’ll be walking out of this prison within months.

Todd And Julie Chrisley’s Attorney Calls Settlement “An Encouraging Sign” Ahead of Their April Appeal

Todd and Julie Chrisley have scored a major legal victory and the family is reacting joyously to it.

On Tuesday, the couple’s attorney revealed that Todd and Julie will be receiving $1 million as a settlement fee from the state of Georgia to resolve their 2019 federal lawsuit against Joshua Waites, the former Director of Special Investigations of the state’s Department of Revenue.

Following the victory, the family’s attorney released a statement explaining what the victory could mean for the reality star couple.

“We have been saying for months that the criminal case against the Chrisleys was highly unusual and had real problems,” the family’s attorney, Alex Little of Burr & Forman LLP, shared in a statement. “This settlement is an encouraging sign.”

The statement continued: “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.”

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Why Todd And Julie Chrisley Launched A Lawsuit Against Joshua Waites

After being cleared of their state tax evasion charge in Georgia, the couple launched a lawsuit against Joshua Waites in Oct. 19, accusing him of “specifically targeting” them in their state tax evasion charge.

In the lawsuit, the reality star’s former lawyer Michael J. Bowers accused Waites’ of bring “shocking” charges against Todd and Julie.

He called the move “a shocking example of how an out-of-control public servant can abuse his office and violate the rights of innocent citizens for reasons that have more to do with securing publicity and money for his office than with enforcing the law.”

The lawsuit further alleged that Waites began to focus his thoughts on the family several years ago and even targeted members of the family, such as Todd’s estranged daughter Lindsie, in order to gain access to the family’s financial records.

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