被監(jiān)禁的真人秀明星Todd和Julie Chrisley從喬治亞州獲得100萬美元的和解

Todd and Julie Chrisley have something to celebrate, even while still behind bars. The former reality stars, who are currently serving time for fraud and tax evasion, received a $1 million settlement from the State of Georgia.

Todd和Julie Chrisley有一些值得慶祝的事情，即使他們還在監(jiān)獄里。這些前真人秀明星目前因欺詐和逃稅而服刑，他們從佐治亞州獲得了100萬美元的和解。

The couple had filed a lawsuit against Joshua Waites, the former Director of Special Investigations of the state’s Department of Revenue, in 2019, alleging that he had committed misconduct in connection with his investigation of the Chrisleys.

2019年，這對(duì)夫婦對(duì)該州稅務(wù)部前特別調(diào)查主任喬舒亞·韋茨提起訴訟，指控他在調(diào)查克里斯利夫婦時(shí)有不當(dāng)行為。

“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, said in a statement. “This settlement is an encouraging sign.” 

“幾個(gè)月來，我們一直在說，針對(duì)克里斯利夫婦的刑事案件非常不尋常，而且存在真正的問題，”該家族的律師、Burr&Forman LLP的Alex Little在一份聲明中表示。“這一和解是一個(gè)令人鼓舞的跡象。”

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.”

聲明繼續(xù)說道，“政府的一個(gè)部門向被告付款，而另一個(gè)部門卻在努力將他們關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄，這幾乎是前所未有的。”

The Chrisleys were cleared of a $2 million state tax evasion case in Georgia in 2019, and subsequently filed a lawsuit against Waites claiming he “specifically targeting” their family.

2019年，克里斯利夫婦在佐治亞州的一樁200萬美元的州逃稅案中被無罪釋放，隨后對(duì)韋茨提起訴訟，聲稱他“專門針對(duì)”了他們的家人。

Reps for the State of Georgia Dept. of Revenue did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment.

喬治亞州稅務(wù)部的代表沒有立即回應(yīng)EW的置評(píng)請(qǐng)求。

Despite beating the state charges, the couple were later indicted by a federal grand jury for 12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy, all of which they have denied. The stars of Chrisley Knows Best were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans, as well as several other federal charges of tax evasion, in June 2022.

盡管擊敗了州政府的指控，但這對(duì)夫婦后來被聯(lián)邦大陪審團(tuán)以12項(xiàng)銀行和電信欺詐、逃稅和陰謀罪起訴，他們都否認(rèn)了這些指控。2022年6月，《克里斯利最懂》的主演們被判密謀騙取銀行3000多萬美元的欺詐貸款，以及其他幾項(xiàng)聯(lián)邦逃稅指控。

They were originally sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison but last September Todd's sentence was reduced to about 10 years, from 12, while Julie's was reduced to about five years, from seven.

他們最初被判處19年監(jiān)禁，但去年9月，托德的刑期從12年減至約10年，而朱莉的刑期從7年減至5年。

The Chrisleys are best known for their reality show, which followed real estate tycoon Todd Chrisley and his wealthy family for 10 seasons on the USA Network. The show was cancelled upon Todd and Julie Chrisley's sentencing in November 2022, along with the spinoff series Growing Up Chrisely, centered around their children Chase and Savannah.

克里斯利夫婦最出名的是他們的真人秀節(jié)目，該節(jié)目在美國電視網(wǎng)播出了10季，講述了房地產(chǎn)大亨托德·克里斯利和他的富裕家庭的故事。2022年11月，托德和朱莉·克里斯利被判刑后，該劇被取消，同時(shí)還有以他們的孩子蔡斯和薩凡納為中心的衍生劇《克里斯利的成長》。

According to the Chriselys' lawyer, their appeal of their criminal convictions will be heard by the federal appeals court in Atlanta in April.

據(jù)克里斯利夫婦的律師稱，他們對(duì)刑事定罪的上訴將于4月在亞特蘭大的聯(lián)邦上訴法院審理。