Todd Chrisley may be cooped up in the slammer but he still expected to get some kind of decent treatment.
While speaking with TMZ, Chrisley’s attorney, Jay Surgent explained that Todd feels like he’s actually being treated differently from the rest of his fellow inmates… and not in a good way. To start, Todd believes his celebrity status has resulted in some odd occurrences while locked up at FPC Pensacola in Florida. He also thinks someone took his photo while he was sleeping at the lockup.
In addition to that, the reality star claims he hasn’t been receiving any of his mail and strongly believes it’s actually getting destroyed. To make matters worse, Jay tells TMZ that Todd’s living conditions are terrible, and his wife Julie’s struggling with bad conditions too over at FMC Lexington, KY: horrible plumbing, no air conditioning, and possible mold!
Jay also spoke to Entertainment Tonight and said, “While they aren’t asking for special treatment, they have found that the administration at both of their facilities aren’t handling things properly because of their celebrity status,” the attorney added. “We are hearing that sex, drugs, and cell phones are making their way into these institutions.”
Ultimately, Surgent said he plans to submit an application to the court, requesting to switch over to confinement for both Todd and Julie, as well as a reduction of sentence.
More On Their Prison Time
As we previously reported, The Chrisleys were sentenced back in November, nearly six months after they were found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, as well as conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tax fraud. While the couple has frequently denied these allegations, they were both handed down lengthy sentences.
Before turning themselves in to serve their time, the addressed their new like of the “Chrisley Confessions,” podcast.
“The difficulties I’m going through, how I handle it — they’re watching that as well,” Julie, 49, said of her kids. “If I handle it right, they’re watching; if I screw it up, they’re watching. And so for me as a parent, I want to try to make sure that I do it right more than I do it wrong because I know they’re watching, and I know it will prepare them for difficulties, unfortunately, that they will have later in life.”
Julie added, “You have to live above your circumstances, you have to know that your circumstances are not forever, that they will eventually change and you’re going to come out the other side, and that you’re going to be given the strength you need to get through it.”
They officially reported to prison in January. Todd is now serving a 12-year prison sentence in Pensacola, Florida, while Julie is serving a seven-year sentence in Lexington, Kentucky. They are both appealing the conviction.