Donna Cash, a woman who once worked at Todd Chrisley’s asset management company, testified on Tuesday that Mark Braddock directed her to commit financial fraud with him to sabotage the Chrisley Knows Best star’s life. She alleged that Braddock, Chrisley’s former business partner, had her send fake financial documents to loan companies and lie about the health of the company. Through tears, Cash testified that she eventually stopped when the Chrisley family home was on the brink of foreclosure. Realizing they would be returning home from vacation to find all their belongings on the street, she called Todd Chrisley and told him he needed to come home immediately.

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Cash added that Braddock, who testified that he had been involved in an intimate relationship with Todd Chrisley, hated the Chrisleys and was jealous of Todd’s success. So jealous, he wanted his name on the door. The former assistant said she confessed to Todd that she and Braddock had been lying to him about everything that was going on. Chrisley soon launched an investigation, and although angry, he allowed Cash to remain as an employee, and she kept Chrisley abreast of what Braddock was doing.

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Donna Cash told the jury that she was hired in 2008 as Todd Chrisley’s assistant at Chrisley Asset Management (CAM). At some point, Braddock approached her and claimed Chrisley didn’t want her anymore because she “couldn’t keep up” and was “useless.” She later learned that wasn’t true. Braddock told Cash she could work for him and before long had her signing documents as Todd Chrisley and telling Chrisley his 2009 taxes were paid when they weren’t. Cash added that she witnessed Braddock delete any crucial emails related to the finances of the business and delete any messages from banks left on Chrisley’s home and personal cell.

Cash further stated that at first, she thought signing Todd Chrisley’s name on a document at Braddock’s direction was just normal business and not in the commission of fraud. According to Cash, Braddock warned her to “never, ever tell Todd what you’re doing in this office” and if she did, she would be fired and go to jail.

Upon cross-examination, prosecutors pointed out that Cash continued working at the company for years after “they found out about the fraud” and pointed to two fake invoices sent to the Chrisley Knows Best production company for reimbursement for broken furniture. This action was done years after Braddock and the Chrisleys parted ways. When asked about the invoices, which came from Julie Chrisley’s email account, Cash said she created the invoices. Cash said the furniture was really broken during the production of the show, and the price for reimbursement was legitimate, but she put the estimates on the fake invoices without the consent of the stores. She wanted to make sure the Chrisleys didn’t lose any money since the production company was about to close their books for the season.

Prosecutors also played audio recordings of Cash’s previous interviews with investigators about her role in the fraud, which were inconsistent with Tuesday’s testimony.