The Chrisley's accountant, Peter Tarantino, is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and two counts of willfully filing false tax returns. Julie Chrisley is also charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of obstruction of justice on accusations that inflated her income to rent a $13,000-a-month California home that she then didn't pay the rent on, and also manipulated documents provided during the federal investigation.

Two of their children, Savannah and Chase Chrisley, were in the courtroom Tuesday. 'They made up documents and they lie through their teeth to get whatever they want whenever they want it,' Peters told the jury.ĭressed in a navy blue suit, Todd Chrisley sat in a 17th floor Atlanta federal courtroom with his wife, Julie, and their legal team on Tuesday, where they are on trial for bank fraud and tax evasion. In her opening statement on Tuesday, Assistant US Attorney Annalise Peters said that the couple - best known for their USA Network reality series 'Chrisley Knows Best' - submitted fake documents exaggerating their wealth to banks to borrow more than $30 million that they 'burned' on luxury items, while also hiding money from the IRS. Todd and Julie Chrisley lived an extravagant, reality TV-worthy lifestyle that was built on lies, according to prosecutors.