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Savannah Chrisleyis opening up about her parents' emotional reaction to hearing their guilty verdict.
On the latest edition of theOff The Vine With Kaitlyn Bristowepodcast, theChrisley Knows Beststar, 26, looked back at the moment her parentsToddand Julie Chrisley were convicted of a multimillion dollar bank fraud and tax evasion scheme.
“I will never forget the moment, sitting in that courtroom every day, a four-week trial,” she told hostKaitlyn Bristowe. “And it took three days for the verdict to come back.”
“I will never forget when they stood up to read the verdicts and it was like, guilty, guilty, guilty, like over and over and over again,” she continued. “And I just saw the looks on my parents' faces and just everything, they were just in tears. We were not expecting that, we were like, ‘There’s no way.'”
TheUnlockedpodcast host added how she and her parents believe they were “100 percent” not guilty in the case and they planned to appeal later this month, which will show “the errors within the court.”
Julie and Todd Chrisley.Danielle Del Valle/Getty for E3 Chophouse Nashville
The television personality also said she doesn’t have any resentment towards her parents amid their legal woes.
“I know the things they have and have not done. I know the witch hunt. When the government wants someone, they want someone,” she explained. “They’re going to do whatever it takes to make it look how they need it to look. There’s no resentment whatsoever.”
A federal judge sentenced Todd, 53, and Julie, 50, in November to a combined 19 years in prison for tax fraud. Todd is serving his 12-year term at a facility in Florida, while Julie is in the midst of her seven-year sentence at a prison in Kentucky. Both parties will be required to serve 16 months of probation after completing their respective sentences.
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While Todd and Julie arein the process of appealing their case, Savannah has been busy taking care of her younger brotherGrayson, 16, and nieceChloe, 10. However, the experiencehas been a challenge for her.
“The other night, I had a full-on breakdown. I was trying to find Chloe proper clothes to go and visit my parents and find her hair stuff,” she recently shared on herUnlockedpodcast. “I just sat down on the floor and started crying.”
She added, “I am not my mother. How am I going to do this? I don’t feel that I am worthy or capable enough of doing the job she’s done for all her life.”
Chloe, however, has reassured Savannah that she’s been doing “a pretty good job.”
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source: people.com
