"Todd Chrisley slandered Georgia tax investigator, jury finds"

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in an article by Rosie Manins, reported on Wade Grunberg & Wilson, LLC’s successful jury verdict in a defamation case against Todd Chrisley, reality television star of “Chrisley Knows Best.” Chrisley made false and defamatory statements about the Georgia Department of Revenue investigator after the GDOR began investigating Chrisley and his family. The federal jury awarded $350,000 in compensatory damages, $170,000 in punitive damages and $235,000 in attorney fees and costs against Chrisley after a week-long trial.

The article quotes Nicole Wade:

Nicole Jennings Wade, an attorney for [plaintiff], said the jurors did a great job.

‘Amy is thrilled because this has been hanging over her head for four years now – all these lies,’ Jennings Wade told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ‘So she’s absolutely thrilled to be vindicated.’ . . . .

Jennings Wade said the jurors found that all of the statements Chrisley made about [plaintiff] were false and defamatory, though they didn’t reach the level of liability in respect to one of the claims. She said [plaintiff] doesn’t expect to receive any of the money awarded to her in the case, given Chrisley’s $17.2 million criminal restitution obligation.

‘This wasn’t about the money,’ Jennings Wade said Friday. ‘She wanted a jury to say “We believe you.” And they did.’

Read the full article here.