Todd Chrisley, the incarcerated star of the reality show “Chrisley Knows Best,” has been dealt another financial blow.
According to court records obtained by the Los Angeles Times, a Georgia judge on Wednesday ordered Chrisley to pay Amy Doherty-Heinze $755,000 in damages and legal costs. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by Doherty-Heinze in 2021, alleging that Chrisley accused her of various crimes and misconduct during her tenure as an investigator with the Georgia Department of Revenue.
Doherty-Heinze claimed Chrisley continued defaming her on his podcast with his wife, Julie Chrisley, after unsuccessfully attempting to dismiss the case before the lawsuit’s filing.
This latest legal setback comes as Chrisley serves a 12-year sentence at the FPC Pensacola prison in Florida, following his conviction on bank fraud and tax evasion charges.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Chrisleys were initially indicted in 2019 on allegations of fraudulent bank loans in excess of $30 million. They were found guilty in 2022 of tax evasion and defrauding community banks.
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Doherty-Heinze filed her lawsuit four years after the Georgia Department of Revenue began investigating Todd and Julie Chrisley in 2017, the lawsuit said.
Her suit also alleges that Chrisley started a “social media campaign against the GDOR and certain of its employees, contending that the investigation was illegal and improperly motivated.”
Amid the lawsuit, Doherty-Heinze’s attorneys demanded in September 2022 that Chrisley retract the alleged defamatory statements from the September 2021 podcast episode.
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[Feature Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2017, photo shows Todd Chrisley, left, and his wife Julie Chrisley at the 52nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. A federal trial for reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion is set to start Monday, May 16, 2022, in Atlanta. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)]
