明星托德·克里斯利因誹謗稅務調查員被判支付75.5萬美元

Todd Chrisley has suffered another legal loss.
托德·克里斯利又遭受了一次法律損失。

The former Chrisley Knows Best star, who is currently incarcerated after being found guilty of financial fraud, has been ordered to pay $755,000 to Georgia Department of Revenue investigator Amy Doherty-Heinze after slandering her on podcasts and social media.
在播客和社交媒體上對艾米·多爾蒂-海因茨進行誹謗后，這位前克里斯利知道最好的明星目前因被判犯有金融詐騙罪而被監(jiān)禁，并被要求向佐治亞州稅務局調查員艾米·多爾蒂-海因茨支付75.5萬美元。

An eight-person Georgia jury on Thursday found Chrisley, 55, liable for two claims of libel and slander but not liable on a third claim of slander. Doherty-Heinze was awarded $350,000 in compensatory damages, $170,000 in punitive damages, and $235,000 in attorney fees from the reality TV personality and Atlanta-based businessman.
周四，一個由8人組成的喬治亞州陪審團裁定，55歲的克里斯利對兩項誹謗和誹謗指控負有責任，但對第三項誹謗指控不負有責任。多爾蒂-海因策從這位真人秀明星和亞特蘭大商人那里獲得了35萬美元的補償性損害賠償，17萬美元的懲罰性損害賠償和23.5萬美元的律師費。

Doherty-Heinze had alleged that in 2020, Chrisley "began a social media campaign against the GDOR and certain of its employees, contending that the investigation was illegal and improperly motivated" when the department investigated Chrisley and wife Julie's tax evasion in 2017, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.
根據(jù)《人物》獲得的文件，多爾蒂-海因策聲稱，2020年，克里斯利“在社交媒體上發(fā)起了一場針對GDOR及其某些員工的運動，稱該部門在2017年調查克里斯利和妻子朱莉的逃稅行為時，調查是非法的，動機是不正當?shù)?rdquo;。

Chrisley's attorney Leesa Guarnotta said Wednesday in a statement to Entertainment Weekly, "Although we are pleased the jury recognized that not all of Mr. Chrisley’s statements were defamatory and awarded the plaintiff a fourth of the damages she requested, we are concerned about the state of the First Amendment where such a case could make it to trial in the first place. We are optimistic about our appeal."
克里斯利的律師Leesa Guarnotta周三在《娛樂周刊》的一份聲明中說:“盡管我們很高興陪審團認識到并非所有克里斯利先生的言論都是誹謗，并判給原告她所要求的四分之一的損害賠償，但我們擔心第一修正案的狀態(tài)，這樣的案件可能首先進入審判。”我們對自己的吸引力持樂觀態(tài)度。”

Doherty-Heinze's attorney Nicole Jennings Wade told EW that her client was "thrilled with the verdict in her favor. She is thankful to the federal jury who vindicated her and who found on every count that Todd Chrisley's accusations against her were false and defamatory. Amy is particularly pleased that the jury further found that Mr. Chrisley acted with actual malice and a specific intent to harm her. She hopes that this verdict will help deter Mr. Chrisley from targeting other innocent people in the future."
多爾蒂-海因策的律師妮可·詹寧斯·韋德告訴《娛樂周刊》，她的當事人“對判決對自己有利感到非常興奮”。她感謝聯(lián)邦陪審團為她平反，并發(fā)現(xiàn)托德·克里斯利對她的每一項指控都是虛假和誹謗的。艾米特別高興的是陪審團進一步認定克里斯利先生的行為具有實際惡意和傷害她的特定意圖。她希望這一判決將有助于阻止克里斯利先生在未來針對其他無辜的人。”

Doherty-Heinze had alleged that Chrisley "began attacking [her] and accusing her of a multitude of crimes and wrongdoing," and that he made more than 20 defamatory statements about her, including that she destroyed evidence, illegally utilized the Georgia Crime Information Center in an investigation, and vacationed at Walt Disney World using taxpayer money, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
據(jù)《亞特蘭大憲法報》報道，多爾蒂-海因策聲稱克里斯利“開始攻擊她，并指控她犯下了許多罪行和不當行為”，他對她發(fā)表了20多項誹謗言論，包括她銷毀證據(jù)，非法利用喬治亞州犯罪信息中心進行調查，以及使用納稅人的錢去迪斯尼世界度假。

The plaintiff had initially asked Chrisley to retract his allegedly defamatory statements; when he declined to do so, she filed her lawsuit against him.
原告最初要求克里斯利收回他所謂的誹謗性言論;當他拒絕這樣做時，她對他提起了訴訟。

Chrisley is currently serving a 10-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022. He testified remotely from prison during the weeklong trial.
克里斯利于2022年被判銀行欺詐和逃稅，目前正在聯(lián)邦監(jiān)獄服刑10年。在為期一周的審判中，他在監(jiān)獄遠程作證。