On Wednesday, the defense team called on another family member to testify before a jury in the Todd and Julie Chrisley fraud trial. This time, it was the mother of the family patriarch Todd Chrisley. Elizabeth “Nanny Faye” Chrisley told the jury that she was not aware exactly how her son and daughter-in-law were using her name on financial records. The 78-year-old added that she doesn’t read documents before signing them, and she forgets things. When presented with a list of financial records that stated she was an owner of the 7C’s Production company (a loan out company that pays the family for their reality TV show), the elder Chrisley testified that she may have signed them but didn’t know anything about their content.

Prosecutors allege that in order to continue their scheme of defrauding the IRS, Julie Chrisley signed over ownership of the 7C’s Productions company to her mother-in-law. Documents sent to various entities listed Faye Chrisley as president, shareholder, and member of the board of the company with documents bearing her signature. Prosecutors also alleged that after the IRS began investigating Todd and Julie Chrisley for fraud, the couple started rerouting their income from the show into Faye Chrisley’s bank account.

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Allegations and Denials Abound in Chrisley Court Trial

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The South Carolina native told Assistant US Attorney Annalise Peters:

“Honey, I had never been involved with nothing except be a signer. I have never owned it. I don’t want it.”

Faye Chrisley testified that she worked for 40 years in a textile factory and that her late husband and son Todd also once worked in the factory, but Todd eventually got out of that line of work after finding success in flipping houses. According to Chrisley, her role on the show was “living my best life.” At one point during her testimony, Federal Judge Eleanor Ross had to interrupt Chrisley, instructing her to stop referring to Peters, a professional in a courtroom, as “honey.”

Todd Chrisley’s mother said she gave the couple access to her account years ago when they were having a “hard time” financially after Mark Braddock stole from them. After Peters presented Faye Chrisley with an application for financing a Bentley sent in by Todd and July Chrisley in her name, she testified that she didn’t remember anything about it.

“I’ve got a lot of age on me, a lot of water under the bridge. So, I don’t remember some things.”

On Chrisley Knows Best, Faye Chrisley rarely comes across as your average, gentile, Southern belle but rather, an adventurous spitfire who likes to gamble. In 2014, Radar Online obtained official court documents which showed that the U.S. Bank National Association and Homebanc Mortgage Loan started the foreclosure process on her home. The bank reportedly alleged that Todd Chrisley defaulted on a $362,300 home loan, missing $33,533.38 in payments.