Todd Chrisley's daughter told the FBI he was trying to exploit her, but changed her tone on the stand

• Todd Chrisley's daughter was called to testify in his bank fraud case.

• Lindsie Chrisley said her father's children have always been his first priority.

• Prosecutors pushed her to talk about tension in their relationship.

Lindsie Chrisley told an Atlanta federal jury on Thursday that her dad was there to support her when she was getting treatment for an eating disorder in 2008. When her brother, Kyle, was in the throes of addiction between 2009 and 2012, he was there to support him too.

"We were trying to get him help. Looking for him on the street," Todd Chrisley's eldest daughter said on the stand of her brother, choking up.

During that time — which is the same period Todd Chrisley is accused of bank and tax fraud — his focus was on his children and not his business, she told the court while testifying for the defense.

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Her father's top priorities, she said, are "his children and his wife, in that order."

On cross-examination, however, prosecutors pushed Chrisley's 32-year-old daughter to talk about a different side to her relationship with her dad — entering emails into evidence that show she reached out to the FBI after her father's indictment begging for their assistance in getting a restraining order against him.

He had been harassing her and threatening to exploit her, she told law enforcement in emails and during a meeting.

"I am in no way, shape, or form connected to this monster," she wrote in 2020.

Federal prosecutors have accused Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, who star in the USA Network reality series "Chrisley Knows Best," of evading taxes and operating a conspiracy to defraud banks by making it appear that they were wealthier than they were.

When the banks caught on to them, the Chrisleys filed for bankruptcy, walking away from $20 million in debt. The couple went on to hide money from the IRS, prosecutors say.

Lindsie, who is Todd Chrisley's daughter from a former marriage, evaded questions by the prosecution about contacting the FBI and was combative in her responses.

Her answers became so sarcastic, that members of the jury had outbursts, commenting on her attitude.

"You're not doing anybody any favors by answering questions like that," Judge Eleanor Ross eventually interrupted. "Trust me. Trust me."

Lindsie Chrisley told the jury that she hadn't talked to her father for about two years before he reached out to her in 2019 and asked her to meet up.

When they met up at a rib shack, she thought he was going to apologize for issues they had, but instead he was just letting her know about the upcoming indictment, she said.

About two months later, she told investigators that her father and brother Chase were threatening to release a sex tape. She also went on the Dr. Phil talk show to talk about the alleged extortion.

During her testimony Thursday, Lindsie said doesn't believe her father was involved in the extortion and has learned there never was a sex tape.