Todd & Julie Chrisley’s Former Daughter-In-Law Alexus Believes Their Prison Sentences Are ‘Actually Light’ (Exclusive Interview)

It seems Todd and Julie Chrisley did not cognize best erstwhile it came to their fnances. On Nov. 21, Todd, 53, and Julie, 49, were sentenced to service 12 and 7 years successful national prison, respectively, aft being convicted of national crimes, which included slope fraud, taxation fraud, and ligament fraud. And now, arsenic the empire that the fallen Chrisley Knows Best household created crumbles astir them, their children – Lindsie, 33, Kyle, 31, Chase, 26, Savannah, 25, Grayson, 16., and adopted daughter, Chloe, 10, — are being forced to prime up the pieces. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY to erstwhile Chrisley household member Alexus Whilby, who was joined to Todd’s eldest lad Kyle for 4 years, from 2014 until 2018. (Todd and Julie had antecedently tried to subpoena Alexus successful an unrelated civilian case. She claimed that Todd attempted to unit imaginable witnesses similar her to lie). Alexus told america that she thinks that their combined 19-year situation condemnation is conscionable punishment. “It’s really airy considering their full deficiency of accountability,” she said during our interview. 

Alexus Whilby was joined to Todd and Julie Chrisley’s lad Kyle Chrisley from 2014 until 2018. (Photo credit: Alexus Whilby)

In June, a national assemblage successful Northern Georgia convicted Todd and Julie connected 5 counts of slope fraud, 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate slope fraud, 1 number of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and 1 number of taxation fraud. Julie was besides charged with 1 number of ligament fraud and 1 number of obstruction of justice. Following their condemnation proceeding precocious past month, U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said successful a Department of Justice property release that Todd and Julie “submitted mendacious slope statements, audit reports, and idiosyncratic fiscal statements to Georgia assemblage banks to get $36 cardinal successful loans.” The merchandise stated that the duo “spent the wealth connected luxury cars, decorator clothes, existent estate, and question – and utilized caller fraudulent loans to wage backmost aged ones.” For their part, Todd and Julie still assertion their innocence. Their lawyers said that they plan to appeal.

“I judge that they were alert of what they were doing. The jurors saw grounds proving that Todd and Julie knew it was wrong.” Alexus, who was joined to Kyle erstwhile helium was nether Todd’s guardianship owed to admitted issues with substance abuse,” told us. “They lied to get wealth from loans. They lied astir their wealthiness to everyone. It’s highly apt they thought this was besides going to pass. They’re the modern-day Bonnie and Clyde,” she added.

Read our interrogation beneath to find retired what other Alexus says astir her erstwhile in-laws.

HollywoodLife: When and however did you conscionable Kyle?

Alexus: I met Kyle done Facebook successful 2012. This was 10 years ago, and we were some astir 21. We stock communal friends. When I met Kyle determination was nary show, conscionable an thought astir the show.

HollywoodLife: When you joined Kyle, what did his begetter Todd deliberation of your marriage?

Alexus: We initially got joined successful April 2014. Todd was furious and had our matrimony annulled arsenic Kyle’s big guardian. We past remarried aboriginal that twelvemonth erstwhile the guardianship was overturned. He seemed good with america dating but wholly against america getting joined and establishing thing permanent. Based connected what I was told from Kyle, that led maine to judge that Todd didn’t envision Kyle with a pistillate of color, specified arsenic myself.

HollywoodLife: Did Todd ever alteration his feelings astir you?

Alexus: My parents are Jamaican. So, coming from a Caribbean background, and having been raised successful France, contention was not a origin for maine erstwhile I fell successful emotion with Kyle. Over time, arsenic helium watched maine attraction for and basal by his son’s side, I judge Todd grew to emotion maine and changed his outlook. With some of america having fathers arsenic existent property tycoons, we had similarities successful our backgrounds.

HollywoodLife: How was Kyle’s narration with his dada during your marriage?

Alexus: Kyle did good if helium had small to nary interaction with his father. Once Kyle reunited with his father, close earlier the indictment, helium told maine helium planned connected retracting everything that helium had said atrocious astir him and that helium wanted maine to constitute an affidavit to bash the same. I refused. This was portion of our marital problems.

HollywoodLife: In their caller tribunal case, what bash you deliberation the prosecution was trying to prove?

Alexus: I judge that they were trying to beryllium that Todd was being dishonest and that his communicative had holes. Todd and Julie were precise tight-lipped astir wherefore they bash the things they do.

HollywoodLife: From your perspective, bash you deliberation Todd and Julie knew what they were doing was wrong?

Alexus: I judge that they were alert of what they were doing. The jurors saw grounds that proved that they knew that what they were doing was wrong. They lied to get wealth from loans. They lied astir their wealthiness to everyone. They’re the modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.

HollywoodLife: Do you deliberation that they received a just sentence?

Alexus: I deliberation their sentencing was airy considering their full deficiency of accountability. It’s highly apt they thought this was besides going to pass.

HollywoodLife: How aged was Kyle’s girl Chloe erstwhile you met Kyle?

Alexus: Chloe was a fewer months aged erstwhile is started dating Kyle. Todd had guardianship implicit Kyle erstwhile I met him owed to the issues surrounding his addiction. Chloe was already surviving with Todd and Julie and Chloe’s mom. My bosom goes retired to Chloe. Children merit a unchangeable environment.

HollywoodLife: Do you inactive talk to Kyle? 

Alexus: Not astatine all. The past clip I saw him was successful tribunal earlier this year.

HollywoodLife: If you could accidental 1 happening to Todd, what would it be? 

Alexus: I would similar an apology for the hurtful remarks made connected nationalist broadcasts astir maine and for his attempts to undermine me, which outgo maine thousands that I tin ne'er recoup. I don’t expect that this volition ever happen. I privation him to cognize that I forgive him successful beforehand and that I americium praying for him, Julie, and their full family.

HollywoodLife: How astir the remainder of the Chrisley family?

Alexus: I volition ever person a peculiar spot successful my bosom for Kyle, Lindsie, Nanny Faye, Chloe, and Kyle’s mother, Teresa.