More than a year afterJulie Chrisleybeganher prison sentence, fans are getting to hear about her experience in her own words.
Julie Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley and Todd Chrisley.Vivian Zink/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Vivian Zink/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Julie, 51, is currently serving her now-reduced five-year prison sentencein Lexington, Kentucky while her husband Todd, 54, is also serving a reduced 10-year sentence in Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida for their financial crimes.
“This would be the last time I would speak to my husband face to face,” she shared. “We talked on the phone during his ride to Pensacola, I called one last time before I self surrendered to the camp in Lexington.”
Savannah became emotional when she continued reading the letter, which read, “What a sobering thought, the man I had lived with, raised a family with and loved more than life itself is now temporarily residing in Florida, and me in Kentucky.”
Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley attend the 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards at Toshiba Plaza on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Kevin Mazur/ACMA2017/Getty
Kevin Mazur/ACMA2017/Getty
In another letter, Julie wrote that she was “so happy” to be able to communicate with her family but notes, “I miss Todd so much that it hurts. I’ve never gone this long without talking to him."
Savannah refers to the letter as “heartbreaking,” adding, “I can just feel her hurt through these messages and to just think about how different life is now, a year, almost a year and a half later, and to just think that like, sure, there’s some funny things in here, mom’s trying to make jokes, trying to make light of it, but like this is her life now. And it’s so different than obviously what it was before, in just the emotional aspect of it of having to miss your family so much.”
Julie Chrisley and Savannah Chrisley.Terry Wyatt/Getty
Terry Wyatt/Getty
Julie shared in another note that the family’s fame extended behind bars which only made her miss her husband, explaining, “So many people know us here, so they’re always talking about him, which I love but it still makes me sad too.”
Savannah read another letter from her mother, in which she shared that she was still longing to see Todd.
“It was great seeing the kids and Mom and Dad this week, but I miss Todd so bad,” she wrote. “I miss his voice. I miss being able to lay in bed beside each other. I miss my person. I called Chase in the middle of the afternoon and gosh, I worry about my kids so much. I only talked to him for a minute and then followed it up with an email. … I also went to a building for x-rays on my feet."
Savannah shared that “every single letter” Julie wrote mentioned how she can’t wait to hear from or see Todd.
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Todd and Julie wereindictedin August 2019 for12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy, all of whichthey have denied. The couple wascleared of their state tax evasion chargein Georgia in October 2019 but continued to face federal charges for allegedly evading federal taxes.
source: people.com
