The woman who worked for Todd Chrisley testified that she was involved in the destruction of his family.
She said that her boss directed her to commit fraud in his name.
She said that the boss, Mark Braddock, was jealous of Todd's success.
A woman who worked at Todd Chrisley's asset management company testified that the former business partner who turned the reality TV family into the FBI directed her to commit financial fraud with him.
Donna Cash said that she lied about the health of the company to her boss, but eventually stopped when the Chrisleys family home was on the verge of foreclosure.
Cash testified through tears that he did some bad things, but that he wasn't going to do.
When she realized that Todd Chrisley was going to bring his children home from vacation to a foreclosed home, she called him and told him he needed to come home immediately.
Cash testified that she told Todd Chrisley both Mark and I were lying to him.
Chrisley launched an investigation and kept Cash in the loop about what Braddock was doing.
Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, who star in the USA Network reality series "Chrisley Knows Best," have been accused of evading taxes and operating a conspiracy to defraud banks, making it appear that they were wealthier than they were.
The Chrisleys walked away from $20 million in debt when the banks caught on to them. The couple hid money from the IRS.
The Chrisleys deny the charges and say that the man who pretended to be Todd ran his finances into the ground.
Braddock admitted to committing bank and tax fraud, but testified that he did it at Todd Chrisley's direction and that he had feelings for him after their year-long affair.
immunity from his crimes was given to him.
Cash told the jury that she was hired in 2008 to be Todd Chrisley's assistant at Chrisley Asset Management, but after some time, she was told that she couldn't keep up.
She said that she was told that she could work for him instead.
She told Chrisley that his taxes were not being paid when they were. She testified that she witnessed Braddock send emails back and forth between his account and Todd Chrisley's, and deleted any emails related to the finances of the business.
She said that he had access to listen to voicemails left on Todd Chrisley's home and personal cell and that he would destroy any messages from banks.
Cash told the jury that the first time she signed a document for Todd Chrisley, she thought it was normal business.
She knew what she was doing was wrong, but she was afraid she would lose her job if she didn't listen.
Cash said that if she told Todd what she was doing, she would be fired and go to jail.
She told Todd Chrisley the right thing had to be done. She said she had lost 20 pounds from the stress of the job.
She said that if she got punished, she would do what she did.
Todd Chisley told her to never sign his name again without his permission. She stayed on the job after an investigation and came back a few years later when the company was put into receivership to find missing documents.
Cash said that the fraud was the worst thing he had ever done.
She said that Braddock hated the Chrisleys. So jealous. He wanted his name on the door.
Cash was paid by the Chrisleys for years after they found out about the fraud. They pointed to two fake invoices that were sent to the Chrisleys' production company for reimbursement for broken furniture, sent years after the Chrisleys were no longer in contact.
Cash said she created the invoices when she was asked about them during the cross-examination.
The furniture was broken during the production of the show, but the price for reimbursement was legitimate, but she put the quotes on fake invoices.
She needed to make sure the Chrisleys didn't lose money because the production company was about to close.
She said there was no financial gain.
Audio recordings of her previous interviews with investigators were not consistent with her testimony Tuesday.
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