Kyle Chrisley, the son of a former real estate tycoon and reality TV star Todd Chrisleywas charged with aggravated assault.
Chrisley, 32, was arrested of the Smyrna Police Department in Tennessee on Monday, according to a public citation.
Smyrna police told People magazine that Chrisley was arrested after an alleged “physical altercation” with his supervisor at Penske Truck Rental, where Chrisley works. Police alleged that Chrisley was using a “fixed blade” during the attack.
He was released from the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center on US$3,000 bail.
Chrisley has not made a public statement about the arrest, nor have his attorneys.
Chrisley’s arrest comes just two months after her father Todd, 54, began serving a 12 years imprisonment for bank fraud and tax evasion.
His stepmother Julie Chrisley50, is serving a seven-year sentence on similar charges.
The couple is accused of a year-long conspiracy with their accountant to defraud multiple Atlanta-area banks and hide their wealth from tax authorities, while flaunting their lavish lifestyle on their reality show Chrisley Knows Best.
File – Julie Chrisley and Kyle Chrisley from ‘Chrisley Knows Best.’.
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After serving their combined 19-year sentences, Todd and Julie must serve an additional 16 months of probation.
The Chrisleys have three children together: Chase, 26, daughter Savannah, 25, and son Grayson, 16. Kyle is Todd’s son from a previous marriage, though Todd and Julie has full custody of Todd’s 10-year-old daughter. It was Grayson was hospitalized in November after he rear-ended a stopped vehicle on the interstate highway, according to Nashville police.
Kyle Chrisley is scheduled to appear in court on March 20.
— There are files from Kathryn Mannie of Global News
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