Who is Amy Doherty-Heinze? How fraud, infidelity and a SEX TAPE ended in lawsuit for Todd Chrisley
ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Convicted reality star Todd Chrisley was served a defamation lawsuit on the same day he was given a 12-year prison term. The 53-year-old is currently embroiled in a new legal battle with Amy Doherty-Heinze, a former special agent with the Georgia Department of Revenue. She contended that Chrisley tried to tarnish her reputation by "falsely and maliciously" accusing her of criminal activity on his podcast and social media, which sparked a "vendetta" against her.
Doherty-Heinze reportedly said that Chrisley went above and beyond to get her Georgia Peace Officer Standard and Training Council qualification revoked which could have prevented her from getting a job. According to the complaint, he made a number of explosive accusations against her, including she stole thousands of dollars from the GDOR evidence room, had an adulterous relationship with her then-boss and reportedly recorded a sex tape with him and another coworker.
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The Daily Mail, which first reported the move, said that this was Doherty-Heinz's second lawsuit against Chrisley, while the first was still waiting. Chrisley had already acknowledged that he did not have any sex tapes. In his sworn statement from earlier in 2022, he also acknowledged that he could not support assertions about the affair or that Doherty-Heinze was a "criminal." Georgia Department of Revenue began its investigation into the Chrisleys in 2017, and it was reported that the online harrasment started shortly after.
Back in July 2021, Doherty-Heinze sued Chrisley for the same offenses reportedly stating that he accused "her of a multitude of crimes and wrongdoing" on social media and his podcast while she was investigating him four years earlier. Chrisley had managed to evade being served until November 21, according to a source who spoke to the outlet, “but they finally got him at Atlanta's Federal Courthouse when he showed up for sentencing."
As previously reported, US District Judge Eleanor Ross in Atlanta gave Todd Chrisley 12 years in prison along with 16 months of probation, while his wife Julie got seven years behind bars and 16 months of probation. The Chrisleys were sentenced after being found guilty earlier in 2022 on charges that included bank fraud and tax evasion. The prosecution said that the reality stars submitted fake documents to banks when applying for loans. Additionally, they alleged that the 49-year-old mother-of-three rented a house in California using fraudulent bank and credit reports.