Savannah Chrisley questions why Jen Shah’s sentence is shorter than her parents’
Savannah Chrisley doesn’t understand why Jen Shah received a shorter prison sentence than her parents, Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, for their white-collar crimes.
“Put the cases side by side, and it makes no sense — it just doesn’t,” Savannah said in Tuesday’s episode of her podcast, “Unlocked.”
The “Chrisley Knows Best” alum, 25, emphasized that the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star, 49, had “victims” in her nationwide telemarketing scheme, which primarily targeted the elderly, whereas Todd, 53, and Julie, 50, were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion.
“There were hundreds of victims who were elderly, and people that provided statements that lost their homes, threatened to end their lives,” Savannah continued. “There were so many different things, and she got six and a half years. Make that make sense!”
Shah was sentenced on Jan. 6 after pleading guilty to wire fraud in July 2022.
Meanwhile, the Chrisleys received a collective 19 years in prison after going to trial and being found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion.
“You have someone who has not admitted to guilt and who will stand firm in that,” Savannah said, referring to her parents.
“We’re standing by our truth that it is not guilty, [and] there are no victims.”
Julie — who appeared in her daughter’s prerecorded podcast episode — agreed with Savannah and claimed that unlike Shah, her and Todd’s case had “no victim statements.”
“None of it adds up, and to me, there’s more to it,” she continued. “I have committed myself to figuring out what that is and for us to get to the other side of this so that we can help other people who are going through things like this.”
Savannah’s conversation with her mom was released hours before her parents reported to separate prisons on Tuesday.
Julie will serve her seven-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution Marianna in Florida, while Todd will be two hours away at Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola for his 12-year sentence.
The former TV personalities have vehemently maintained their innocence and appealed their conviction.
