On Saturday night, May 23, Lindsie Chrisley, 36, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Georgia, booked into jail and bonded out early Sunday morning, records show.
Jail records show Chrisley was taken into custody and then released on bond the following morning. She told reporters she was "booked and immediately released," and that she "plans on fighting the charge." Chrisley, a former star of Chrisley Knows Best, said the stop came after she "got pulled over speeding past a car on a two lane road because they almost hit an animal and I was trying to miss hitting them and whatever the animal was."
The booking and quick release are the clearest public facts so far: arrested Saturday night, bonded out early Sunday. Those steps put the matter into the Georgia criminal system, where a DUI suspicion typically leads to arraignment and pretrial proceedings unless prosecutors decline to file charges.
What makes the arrest more than an isolated incident is its timing. Weeks before Chrisley’s DUI stop, her boyfriend, David Landsman, was arrested and booked on one count of aggravated assault after what authorities described as a heated argument. According to the earlier report, Landsman allegedly called police to turn himself in and a source said officers saw visible injuries on Chrisley when they arrived on the scene.
Chrisley is estranged from her father, Todd Chrisley, a rift that has played out publicly. Todd Chrisley believes his daughter assisted federal authorities in his prosecution for tax evasion — an accusation Lindsie has denied. Savannah Chrisley opened up last year about her and her family’s estrangement from Lindsie, making the family split a recurring backdrop to any new legal trouble that touches the name Chrisley.
The tension in this story is simple and sharp. Chrisley frames the Georgia traffic stop as a reflexive, safety-driven maneuver to avoid hitting an animal and says she was processed and freed quickly. But the recent aggravated assault arrest of her boyfriend, the on-scene report of visible injuries from that encounter, and the long-running family feud over allegations of cooperation with federal prosecutors create a knot of credibility questions that will follow any court filings.
That friction matters because public perception and past headlines can shape how prosecutors, judges and jurors view a defendant. For Chrisley, the legal question in Georgia is straightforward: will prosecutors charge her and, if so, can they prove impairment beyond a reasonable doubt? For her family and the public, the question is noisier — how much of this is a series of private disputes spilling into public records, and how much is the start of another legal fight for a once-prominent reality TV figure?
Chrisley has made two things plain in short order: she says she was "booked and immediately released," and she "plans on fighting the charge." Those are not promises of innocence proven in court, but they are the clearest roadmap to what comes next. The criminal process in Georgia will determine whether prosecutors proceed; Chrisley’s statement that she will contest any charge answers the immediate question of how she intends to respond.
For now, the arrest is a new chapter in a story that already includes a recent assault booking involving her boyfriend and a long-running estrangement from her family tied to federal prosecutions. The next concrete step is likely a formal charge or an arraignment in Georgia — and Chrisley has signaled she will fight every move the state makes.
