{"id":2165603,"date":"2025-11-19T01:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2165603"},"modified":"2025-11-19T01:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:52:07","slug":"savannah-chrisley-says-she-almost-went-to-jail-after-customs-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/savannah-chrisley-says-she-almost-went-to-jail-after-customs-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Chrisley Says She Almost Went to Jail After Customs Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/savannah-chrisley\/\"><strong>Savannah Chrisley<\/strong><\/a> had a stressful situation in customs when coming back from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould we tell my story about how I almost went to jail?\u201d Savannah, 28, asked her dad, <strong>Todd Chrisley<\/strong>, on the Tuesday, November 18, episode of her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/unlocked-with-savannah-chrisley\/id1649201369?i=1000737223433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cUnlocked\u201d<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Todd, 56, joked he would \u201cprefer\u201d if they wouldn\u2019t talk about any of their family members going to jail, seemingly making reference to his and wife <strong>Julie Chrisley<\/strong>\u2019s time behind bars. (The couple was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison before being pardoned by President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> in May.)<\/p>\n<p>Despite her dad\u2019s quip, Savannah continued to and explain that she got in trouble while going through United States customs following her European vacation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/savannah-chrisley-on-spending-habits-prior-to-family-legal-issue\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/savannah-chrisley-on-spending-habits-prior-to-family-legal-issue\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Savannah Chrisley Talks Spending Habits Prior to Family\u2019s Legal Issues<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSavannah Chrisley got candid about how her spending habits shifted with her parent\u2019s legal issues. \u201cI will make no bones about it, I spent my money like it was never ever gonna go away,\u201d Chrisley, 26, told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published on Monday, September 11. Savannah described how hard it was after she [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo I didn\u2019t know, and this is just a PSA for people. When you are traveling, you have to declare if you make purchases overseas, which I did,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI declared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah shared that when you go abroad, you are asked by customs agents how much you spent during her trip. The Chrisley Knows Best alum confessed that she provided an estimated number because it can be difficult to keep track of all the purchases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave them a number and I didn\u2019t know it was this serious,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After giving them an estimate, Savannah was asked by the agent to step to the side to go \u201cthrough a different process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I go over and the guy goes, \u2018So how much did you say?\u2019 And I told him,\u201d she reflected. \u201cKeep in mind, I handed all my receipts to them and the products. And he goes, \u2018Your number is far off.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd quipped, \u201cShocker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah noted that she apologized to the agent and explained that she \u201cwasn\u2019t really keeping track\u201d of how much she spent while visiting \u201cfour or five different countries.\u201d The agent then warned her he could \u201cseize\u201d all the \u201cbelongings\u201d she bought during her vacation and fine her $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sweating, I was sweating bullets,\u201d she said. \u201c[My brother] Grayson and his girlfriend [<strong>Skylar Ehlinger<\/strong>], she felt my back after she died laughing \u2018cause that sweatshirt was soaked. I was like, \u2018Oh my god, I\u2019m about to go to prison right now. Now this is not fun.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd joked that Savannah was throwing out the word prison too much to his liking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/todd-and-julie-chrisleys-life-after-prison-reality-tv-return\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Savannah-Chrisley-Talks-Todd-and-Julies-1st-Days-After-Prison.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Savannah Chrisley Talks Todd and Julie's 1st Days After Prison, What's Next\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Savannah-Chrisley-Talks-Todd-and-Julies-1st-Days-After-Prison.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/todd-and-julie-chrisleys-life-after-prison-reality-tv-return\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Savannah Chrisley Talks Todd and Julie&#8217;s 1st Days After Prison, What&#8217;s Next<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSavannah Chrisley is revealing what her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, have been up to since leaving prison \u2014 and what\u2019s next for the family. Savannah, 27, detailed her \u201croller-coaster of emotions\u201d over the last week during the Tuesday, June 3, episode of PodcastOne\u2019s \u201cUnlocked\u201d podcast, addressing Todd and Julie\u2019s presidential pardons following their 2022 [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to prison for that,\u201d Todd explained. Savannah argued that she could have been detained, but Todd reminded her that the process \u201cwas not prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Savannah ultimately got the issue worked out with another customs agent who was \u201cvery nice\u201d to her. The podcaster confessed that she asked what kind of items they had seized, and the agent shared that there was a taxidermied lion and drugs, which they find just about every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was freaking out, if I had gotten my stuff confiscated, you would have seen me on the news,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n<p>While the experience of coming home was nerve-racking for Savannah, she shared she had a good time, especially in Amsterdam and Florence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Chrisley had a stressful situation in customs when coming back from Europe. \u201cShould we tell my story about how I almost went to jail?\u201d Savannah, 28, asked her dad, Todd Chrisley, on the Tuesday, November 18, episode of her \u201cUnlocked\u201d podcast. Todd, 56, joked he would \u201cprefer\u201d if they wouldn\u2019t talk about any of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2165604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22367,24003],"class_list":["post-2165603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Savannah-Chrisley-Says-She-Almost-Went-to-Jail-After-Customs.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2165605,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165603\/revisions\/2165605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2165604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}