{"id":1970019,"date":"2025-08-20T07:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1970019"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:37:14","slug":"kyle-chrisley-sues-tennessee-county-deputies-for-1-7m-over-2024-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kyle-chrisley-sues-tennessee-county-deputies-for-1-7m-over-2024-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Chrisley Sues Tennessee County, Deputies for $1.7M Over 2024 Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kyle Chrisley<\/strong><\/a> has filed a $1.7 million lawsuit against Rutherford County in Tennessee, as well as two sheriff\u2019s deputies, over a September 2024 aggravated assault arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In documents obtained by local outlet WSMV<\/a> on Tuesday, August 19, Kyle, 33, and his wife Ashleigh<\/strong> allege that he was falsely arrested at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, last year following an altercation with a \u201cdisgruntled mechanic,\u201d who they said was \u201cangry over a payment dispute, showed up uninvited, kicked at their doors, threatened violence, and used his car as a weapon by ramming their SUV and nearly running Kyle over in front of multiple neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle and Ashleigh claim that instead of arresting \u201cthe man who caused the chaos,\u201d Rutherford County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies instead arrested Kyle, ignoring \u201cclear evidence that he was the victim, not the aggressor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The filing further alleges that deputies \u201cdisregarded eyewitnesses, overlooked available video footage and ignored Tennessee\u2019s self-defense law\u201d when making the arrest.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Kyle Chrisley\u2019s Ups and Downs Through the Years: Multiple Arrests and More<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tKyle Chrisley has dealt with many ups and downs through the years. Kyle\u2019s famous family \u2014 including stepmom Julie Chrisley, whom dad Todd Chrisley wed in 1996, and half-siblings Chase Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley and Grayson Chrisley \u2014 rose to fame on their\u00a0Chrisley Knows Best\u00a0reality TV show, which premiered on USA Network\u00a0in 2014. While Todd and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The doc claims Ashleigh was \u201cthreatened with arrest and ordered to stop recording\u201d after she began filming the arrest on her cell phone \u201cto document the officers\u2019 conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle and Ashleigh Chrisley bring this lawsuit because no family should face criminal charges or threats of arrest for defending themselves at home or for exercising their constitutional rights,\u201d the lawsuit reads. \u201cThis is a case about false arrest, excessive force, and retaliation for trying to hold police officers accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The couple claim that \u201cone or more officers\u201d recognized Kyle as \u201ca member of the Chrisley family, who are widely known from the reality television series Chrisley Knows Best<\/em><\/a> and associated public controversies,\u201d and that the officers \u201cappeared eager to arrest [Kyle], treating the encounter as an opportunity to make headlines by arresting a well-known figure.\u201d<\/p>\n

They claim the \u201carrest was motivated in part by animus toward Plaintiff Kyle Chrisley based on his notoriety, past public controversies, or perceived privilege, rather than on the facts or law surrounding the September 9, 2024, incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle\u2019s lawyer, Wesley Clark<\/strong> of Brazil Clark, PLLC, said in a statement to People<\/em><\/a> on Tuesday: \u201cOur hopes for this lawsuit are accountability and change because no family should have to endure what the Chrisley family endured in this terrifying scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

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