Kyle Chrisley has filed a legal action of $ 1.7 million against the County of Rutherford in Tennessee, as well as two Sheriff deputies, during a September 2024 aggravated arrest.
In documents obtained by the local point of sale Wsmv Tuesday August 19, Kyle, 33, and his wife Ashleigh Lighten that he was falsely arrested at his home in Murfreesboro, in Tennessee, last year following an altercation with an “unknown mechanic”, who, according to them, was “angry with a payment dispute, presented himself without invitation, kicked their doors, threatened the violence and used his carot
Kyle and Ashleigh claim that instead of arresting “the man who caused chaos”, the deputies of the Rutherford County Sheriff Office rather arrested Kyle, ignoring “clear evidence that he was the victim, not the aggressor”.
The deposit also alleges that the deputies “ignored the eyewitnesses, neglected of the available video sequences and ignored the law of self -defense of Tennessee” during the arrest.
The doc says that Ashleigh was “threatened with arrest and ordered to stop recording” after starting to film the arrest on his mobile phone “to document the driving of the officers”.
“Kyle and Ashleigh Chrisley are the trial because no family should face criminal accusations or threats to defend themselves at home or to have exercised their constitutional rights,” said the trial. “This is a case on false arrest, excessive force and reprisals for trying to hold responsible police officers.”

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Rutherford County Sheriff departmentThe couple says that “or more officers” recognized Kyle as “a member of the Chrisley family, who is widely known to the television series Chrisley knows best and associated public controversies “and that the officers” seemed to arrest [Kyle]treating the meeting as an opportunity to make the headlines by arresting a well -known figure. »»
They say that “arrest was partly motivated by Animus towards the applicant Kyle Chrisley on the basis of his notoriety, his former public controversies or his perceived privilege, rather than on the facts or the law surrounding 924, 2024.”
Kyle’s lawyer, Wesley Clark Brazil Clark, PLLC, said in a press release People Tuesday: “Our hopes for this trial are responsibility and change because no family should have to bear what the Chrisley family has endured in this terrifying scenario.”
US Weekly contacted Kyle lawyer and the Rutherford County sheriff to comment.
Kyle’s trial comes only three months after her father, Toddand stepmom Julie were pardoned by President Donald Trump In May after their conviction in 2022 for accusations such as banking fraud and tax evasion. (Todd shares Kyle and his daughter Lindsia35 years old, with the ex-wife Teresa Terry. He also has three children – Savannah28 years old, Hunting29 years old, and Grayson19 – With Julie. Todd and Julie are also the adoptive parents of Kyle’s daughter, Chloé, 12.)
At the time, Kyle said he was “ecstatic” About the news, adding: “Really. I just discovered a little and I still can’t believe it.”