Nothing worse than a man scorned, and according to the Daily Mail, Todd’s business partner was just that.
Recently we shared that reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to a combined total of 19 years in prison for bank fraud following a sensational trial that saw the devout Christian’s scorned ‘gay lover’ laying bare details of their sordid affair on the stand.
Todd’s former business partner Mark Braddock shattered the reality star’s long-cultivated reputation as a devoted and religious family man when he claimed that he had a gay love affair with the 53-year-old father-of-five in shocking testimony – while also admitted that he had been the one to turn the reality star in to the FBI.
While on the stand, Mark Braddock, 57, told the court that he and Chrisley engaged in a romance in the early 2000s, before breaking it off.
Initially, the pair remained close, forming what Braddock described as a ‘brotherhood’, before the relationship soured in 2012 when Chrisley threatened to call the police on him.
The sordid claims made by Braddock served as the final blow that obliterated the Chrisley family’s once-wholesome TV image, which was cultivated during years of reality TV fame.
Multi-millionaire real estate developer and entrepreneur Todd, 53, and his wife Julie, 49, were – before this court case – best known for starring in the USA Network reality series Chrisley Knows Best, which documented their day-to-day lives alongside their six children – Lindsie, 33, Kyle, 31, Chase, 26, Savannah, 25, Grayson, 16, and Chloe, 10.
It first premiered in 2014 and has gone on for nine seasons – with a tenth season still due to air next year – but the show, in addition to its two spinoff series, has now been canceled, following the news that Todd and Chrisley will be sent to federal prison for a combined total of 19 years.
The dramatic conclusion of the trial was matched only by the surprising accusations made by the reality star’s former employee-turned-lover, who told the court back in May that he had a year-long intimate relationship with Chrisley in the early 2000s – while they were both married to their respective wives.
He also spoke in detail about Chrisley’s crimes, claiming that he had not only been a witness to them – but that he had even helped commit them – while revealing that he was the one to ultimately turned the 53-year-old over to the FBI.
But who exactly is the scorned ‘gay lover’ who helped to bring down the Chrisleys?
Braddock, a married father-of-two and grandfather-of-two, is the man who sensationally turned against his ex-lover and former business partner Todd, by tipping off the federal government about his fraudulent schemes after their alleged affair turned bitter.
According to Braddock, who was granted immunity in return for testifying, he and Chrisley worked together at a real estate company from 2005 to 2012.
Braddock claimed that things soon turned romantic between them. And while the businessman said their affair only lasted about a year, he told the court that they continued working together for nearly a decade after their secret romance ended, while describing their close bond as a ‘brotherhood.’
However, that ‘brotherhood’ blew up in Chrisley’s face in 2012, when the two got into a massive argument, and the reality star reportedly threw Braddock out of his office and threatened to call the police on him. Mark said he then decided to turn the Chrisleys into the FBI for tax fraud.
