todd chrisley
cried myself to sleep night time 1 in jail …
‘Indignant at God’
Revealed
Julie and Todd Chrisley are opening up in regards to the ache, perspective, and private progress that got here with jail — and the pardon that set them free.
In a brand new interview with ABC Information, the previous actuality TV stars sat all the way down to replicate on their jail expertise and the emotional toll of being separated and ultimately reunited following greater than a yr behind bars.
“I used to be indignant at God,” Todd admitted when requested about his first night time in federal jail. “And once I went to mattress that night time and the lights went out, I cried myself to sleep and I mentioned, ‘God, why are you permitting this?'”
Julie obtained emotional as properly, sharing she missed birthdays and holidays and graduations along with her youngsters — milestones she will by no means get again.
“You don’t notice the belongings you take as a right till they’re gone,” Todd mentioned. “Your freedom, your potential to go to church, exit to eat, keep in your mattress all day — when you have got these issues again, it’s a blessing.”
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Todd mentioned incarceration had modified him deeply. “If it didn’t change you, you then’re not human.”
Regardless of the pardon, Todd stays targeted on clearing their names.
“Regardless that this pardon has occurred, I nonetheless was convicted of one thing that I didn’t do. It could possibly be you, it could possibly be you, it could possibly be any of you, and someplace on this room, somebody has had a member of the family that has been affected by the system,” he mentioned.
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“I don’t have an apology to provide you or anybody else over the cash that I’ve made.”
The couple was indicted in 2019 on prices of financial institution fraud and tax evasion. They have been convicted in 2022 and started serving their sentences individually in January 2023. At one level, they have been going through a mixed 19 years in jail. Each have persistently maintained their innocence.
In September 2023, the pair’s sentences have been decreased, and a choose later vacated Julie’s conviction as a result of inadequate proof. In Could, the truth TV stars have been pardoned by President Donald Trump.
