Savannah Chrisley Says Mom Julie’s Resentencing Case Serves as “Retaliation”

Savannah Chrisley is calling out what she sees as injustice.

After her mother Julie Chrisley’s seven-year sentence for her tax evasion and bank fraud conviction was upheld by a federal judge, Savannah is doubling down on her opinion that the decision was a personal one.

“I truly do believe that this judge, everything that she has done has been in retaliation,” the 27-year-old said in the Oct. 1 episode of her Unlocked podcast, filmed one day after the Sept. 25 hearing. “It has been in retaliation for us exercising our right to an appeal and being granted, in part, a successful appeal. And then, yesterday, the judge showed that this was more than just us exercising our right to an appeal. This was her not liking how outspoken I am.”

Savannah continued, referencing her time in the courtroom for the resentencing hearing, “I had multiple people come up to me and say, ‘Jeez, you would have thought you were the one on trial.’ All because of how this judge approached me. She was looking at me down the barrel of a gun as she's saying the words.”

Savannah—whose father Todd Chrisley is currently serving 10 years—also spoke to her family attorney Alex Little’s reaction to the proceedings. 

“My lawyers are in shock,” she added. “He has never seen a judge doll out just such insults to family members. It's absolutely insane.”

Previously, following Julie’s hearing, Alex and Savannah alleged the judge accused Savannah of misrepresenting her parents’ situation to the family’s 11-year-old daughter Chloe. As Alex told reporters at the time, “We’re also incredibly disappointed by the the personal attacks on the family members, that’s just uncalled for.”

Regarding Chloe, he added, “The idea that Chloe is sort of being lied to, those were direct attacks on family members. And I’ve never seen a judge attack family members in the court room like that.”

E! News reached out to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and Judge Eleanor L. Ross but did not receive comment. 

Yet despite Savannah’s misgivings about why her mother’s sentence was upheld—a panel of judges previously decided in June that there was insufficient proof that Julie was involved in the entirety of the bank fraud scheme, overturning her sentence at the time—the Growing Up Chrisley alum said she will continue to advocate for her mother. 

“At this point, I have nothing else to lose,” she said. “My mom's in there. My dad's in there. What do I have to lose at this point? I have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

Immediately following Julie’s hearing, where her sentence was upheld, Savannah told reporters that the decision was “100 percent injustice.”

Alex, for his part, noted at the time that Julie’s time in prison is time she could have been implemented as rehabilitation time outside prison.

“She’s not going to hurt anybody if she goes home tomorrow,” the attorney said of Julie. “And so the question is, ‘How much punishment, how much blood do you need to extract?’ And I'd hope today the court would take that into consideration. But ultimately, that wasn't the result.”

He also spoke to what he saw as a conflation of Todd and Julie’s culpability.

“I think that anybody who watched the trial for three weeks knows that there were two people involved,” he said during the press conference. “And I think you can't really argue that she was, in any way, the ringleader or involved in sort of the most important way. I think sometimes when prosecutors prosecute a husband and wife, the individual roles can get lost. And I think it's important to make sure that that doesn't happen.”

He continued,  “I think that may have happened here a little bit that they were thrown in as the couple, and the couple got punished. I don't think Julie got individual sentencing today.”

For more of the Chrisley family over the years, keep reading.

Chrisley Knows Best stars Julie Chrisley and Todd Chrisley smiled for a professional photo together in 2016.

Todd and Julie were pictured along with Faye Chrisley, Chase Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley, Chloe Chrisley and Grayson Chrisley ahead of season eight of their reality show.

The spouses attended the 2014 Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. 

The pair hit the red carpet for the 2017 Academy Of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Lindsie Chrisley—whose parents are Todd and Teresa Terry—joined her dad, Savannah and Julie at the 2015 Concert For Love And Acceptance at City Winery Nashville.

Savannah and Chase snapped a pic together in 2019 for E! News' Daily Pop.

The couple appeared with granddaughter Chloe, who they adopted, on the "Build A Baby" episode in 2020.

Todd and Julie appeared with their daughter Savannah on Hollywood Game Night in 2018 for the "Chrisley's Believe It Or Not" episode.

The real estate mogul and his daughter were among the stars at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Todd and Julie kept their kids Savannah and Chase close at the 2015 NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Upfront in New York City.

Todd and Julie were spotted at the 2019 grand opening of E3 Chophouse Nashville in Nashville, Tenn.