Lindsie Chrisley was arrested in metro Atlanta over Memorial Day weekend and charged Sunday in Cherokee County with DUI, attempting to elude, improper passing, reckless driving and speeding. She was released hours later on a $5,961 bond.
The sheriff’s office said the case involved five counts, while People magazine reported the DUI charge was DUI less safe. Chrisley, 36, told TMZ on Monday that she planned to fight the charges and said she was pulled over after speeding past a car on a two-lane road because they almost hit an animal. She said she was trying to avoid hitting “them and whatever the animal was,” adding that “that is exactly why” she moved into the passing lane.
The arrest comes at a moment when the Chrisley family has again landed in the news. Chrisley is the oldest daughter of Todd Chrisley, and she appeared in 20 episodes of Chrisley Knows Best from 2014 to 2017, when the family’s reality series was still a central part of its public identity. Todd and Julie Chrisley were pardoned by President Donald Trump in May 2025, three years after they were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion.
There is also a separate legal thread around her personal life. The Los Angeles Times reported that Chrisley was arrested Saturday night in Concord, Ga., on suspicion of driving under the influence. A police report obtained by the paper said the vehicle was traveling 86 mph on a surface street and passed multiple suitable stopping locations before pulling over at a Chevron station. The same report said Chrisley refused field sobriety tests and declined a blood test.
That account leaves the case built around one version of events from the driver and another from police records. Chrisley says she was trying to miss an animal. Authorities say the stop began with speeding, continued through several chances to pull over and ended with a DUI arrest. The legal process now turns on whether those facts support the charges filed in Cherokee County, including DUI less safe, the version of the allegation that does not depend on a blood alcohol reading at 0.08% or above.
Her arrest also followed a recent incident involving her boyfriend, David Landsman, who was booked into the same Cherokee County jail weeks earlier. Landsman was arrested April 10 on felony aggravated assault-strangulation and misdemeanor battery charges after a domestic incident involving the couple in Woodstock. For Chrisley, the next step is not another statement. It is court, where she has said she will contest the case and where the details of the stop will have to stand up on their own.
