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Todd Chrisley Ordered to Pay $755,000 Over Comments Made About Tax Investigator on Podcasts and Social Media

The imprisoned reality star suffered another legal loss this week.

Todd Chrisley is facing more legal worries this week, as the imprisoned reality star was ordered to pay $755,000 to a Georgia tax official. In legal documents obtained by ET, Todd was ordered to pay Georgia Department of Revenue investigator Amy Doherty-Heinze $350,000 in compensatory damages, $170,000 in punitive damages and $235,000 in litigation expenses after slandering her on social media and podcasts when he and wife Julie Chrisley were being investigated for tax evasion back in 2017. Todd's lawyer, Leesa Guarnotta, shared a statement on the verdict with Us Weekly on Thursday, saying, "Although we are pleased the jury recognized that not all of Mr. Chrisley's statements were defamatory and awarded the plaintiff a fourth of the damages she requested, we are concerned about the state of the First Amendment where such a case could make it to trial in the first place.

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