Savannah Chrisley is cautiously optimistic about when his mother, Julie Chrisleywill be released from prison.
In her last episode Unlocked podcast, the 26-year-old reality star said she expects there will be more news to share in the next 90 days. And if all goes well, Savannah says she hopes her mother will be released from prison by Thanksgiving.
“So now we sit and wait. Hopefully it won’t be more than 90 days until the hearing and she comes home,” Savannah said.
She later added, “My goal is to have her home by Thanksgiving.”
The hearing Savannah refers to is in reference to Julie’s resentencing hearing after federal appeals judges ordered lower courts throw away your sentence following his conviction in 2022 on federal tax evasion and bank fraud.
In court documents obtained by ET, a legal error was found in the way the trial judge calculated Julie’s sentence, as he held her responsible for the entire bank fraud scheme. The appeals panel sent her case back to the lower court for a new sentence.
Julie, who reported to prison as of January 2023, is currently serving a reduced five-year sentence in Lexington, Kentucky.
“I’m in this situation where I want to celebrate, but at the same time, I don’t want to get my hopes up, and I tend to do that a lot,” Savannah added.
If Julie is released, Savannah says it will leave her free to focus on her father, Todd Chrisleywho is serving his reduced 10-year prison sentence in Pensacola, Florida. Federal appeals judges upheld his prison sentence.
Meanwhile, Savannah is already planning how she will help her mother readjust if she is released from prison soon.
“It’s going to be challenging for her to come home and there’s going to be a lot of therapy involved…anything I can do to help her get into the best space she can be in is what I’m going to do…just get her on the right track because I can only imagine how she’s going to feel coming home, and it’s going to be overwhelming,” said Savannah, who also imagined how she’ll break the news about Julie’s release from prison to her 18-year-old brother, Grayson, and 11-year-old sister, Chloe. “And when I get the call that she can come home, I honestly don’t think I’m going to tell anyone. I’ll probably pick her up, bring her home, let her get settled and then let Chloe and Grayson come into the room and not know she’s there.”
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