Todd Chrisley claims useless cat dropped from ceiling into jail meals: ‘It is so disgustingly filthy’

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By Alix Breeden

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Dec. 11, 2023, 8:53 p.m. ET

Todd Chrisley claims jail circumstances are so horrifying, a useless cat fell from the ceiling into inmates’ meals.

“It is so disgustingly filthy,” the previous actuality star — who’s serving a 10-year jail sentence for financial institution fraud and tax evasion on the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Fla. — told NewsWeek’s Brian Entin on Friday of the circumstances of the ability.

“The food is literally, I’m not exaggerating this…the food is dated. It’s out of date by at a minimum a year. It’s a year past expiration,” he mentioned.

Chrisley claimed throughout the interview that they’d lined up inmates’ meals with plastic whereas they have been eradicating black mildew from the ceiling when a useless cat dropped onto the meals.

Chrisley additional alleged that rats and squirrels have been discovered within the storage facility the place the inmates’ meals is stored.

Detailing his weight-reduction plan behind bars, the “Chrisley Knows Best” star mentioned that he solely eats meals that he should purchase and make “from the commissary.”

“I eat tuna, I eat peanut butter. That’s where I get protein. I eat like a pasta salad that I make, pasta that I get in commissary. And then I start over again doing the same thing the next week.”

Chrisley, 54, claimed the warden has been attempting to “break” him by limiting the quantity of meals gadgets he should purchase.

“So, before she came here you could buy 12 packs of tuna a week and she cut it down to six and then it went from six to three. She had not given a reason,” he claimed.

“When I asked her about it, she said, ‘Commissary is a privilege, not a right.’”

He added, “They are literally starving these men to death here. These men are getting…I don’t know that they’re getting, 1000 calories a day.”

Entin contacted the jail about Chrisley’s claims, however was advised that “there are nutritious foods” which might be “up to date and fine.”

Chrisley, who spoke with Entin over the cellphone, advised the journalist that whereas the jail could have claimed he couldn’t interview Todd in person due to a “breach of security,” the true purpose is that “they don’t want [Entin] in here where [he] can see what’s really going on.”

In a separate video posted to X, Chrisley shared how “devastating” it’s to not be capable to converse persistently to his spouse Julie Chrisley, 50, who’s serving out her six-and-a-half-year sentence within the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Ky.

“She and I email four or five times a day, but they will hold my emails and hold them on her end as well as a way of punishment,” Todd claimed.

He alleged they’re being punished as a result of one of many couple’s three kids, Savannah, has been talking out about her mother and father’ dwelling circumstances on her podcast.

The 25-year-old has claimed that inmates’ medical wants are sometimes uncared for and that temperatures will typically attain the triple digits contained in the cells as a result of an absence of air con inside the ability.

After talking out, each Savannah and Todd have claimed that he and Julie are going through “retaliation” behind bars.

In July, the daddy of 5’s lawyer claimed that his mail was being destroyed and that he was being photographed whereas he slept.

Speaking to Entin final week, Todd claimed, “There was a photograph taken of me while I was sleeping and sent to my daughter, asking for $2,600 a month for my protection.”

He additionally claimed to Entin that he overheard the guards saying that Todd wanted to be “humbled.”

Despite the circumstances, Todd — who’s set to be launched on Jan. 22, 2033 — shared a message of hope for his remaining time.

“God has a greater purpose. I know he’s got a greater plan, and I’m not going to let the federal government break my faith.”