Judge denies Julie Chrisley's request to wear civilian clothes at resentencing hearing
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A federal judge has denied reality star Julie Chrisley's request to wear civilian clothes when she heads to court next week for her resentencing hearing. The 51-year-old "Chrisley Knows Best" star has served 21 months of her seven-year sentence that was handed down to her after she and her husband, Todd Chrisley, were convicted of lying to banks throughout metro Atlanta to obtain $36 million in loans and then hiding their income from the Internal Revenue Service to avoid paying federal taxes on more than $500,000. Chrisley's sentence was vacated in June by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit after the court found a legal error in the calculation of her sentence, requiring the lower court to reassess her punishment. In a motion filed on Wednesday, Chrisley's lawyers argued that the court should allow her to wear civilian clothes at her hearing on Sept. 25 in order to protect her rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
"There is no good cause for denying the Defendant the opportunity to appear in civilian clothing for this hearing," the lawyers argued in their motion. U. S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross disagreed, however, saying that she found there was "no danger" of Chrisley's prison uniform impacting her right to a fair and impartial proceeding.
This is the latest legal setback for Chrisley as her hearing date gets closer. Earlier this month, the judge denied her request to be resentenced virtually.