The ex-wife of Jason Galanis, Savannah Chrisley’s fraudster fiancé, begged for him to receive a lenient prison sentence by painting him as an animal lover.

In a July 2017 sentencing memorandum obtained exclusively by Page Six, Galanis’ then-wife, Monet Berger, shared a story about how her then-husband once rescued an injured hawk as a way to vouch for his character.

“He also has a love of animals like no other,” Berger, 57, told the Manhattan federal judge overseeing Galanis’ fraud case.

“A few years ago, we were driving home from dinner, and he saw a hawk on the side of the road,” Berger wrote. “When we got home, he insisted on going back to see if it was injured.”

Berger said Galanis, 56, put the bird in their car and brought it back to their house, where he “made a bed for it with blankets.”

Galanis then “found the hawk [a] rescue facility, which was 90 minutes away, and drove the hawk there at night so it could get proper care,” according to Berger.

She further claimed he “monitored” the hawk “daily” and “made a donation” to the rescue facility.

Elsewhere in the letter, Berger explained she’d spent “the past 20 years by [Jason’s] side as his life partner.”

She described him as a “loyal” and “loving” man who supported her during her “health issues,” was a “friend to all” and would often “help a stranger.”

Berger also echoed many of the arguments Galanis and his defense team made in their own pleas for leniency, including that his career criminal father, John Galanis, had had a lasting “painful impact” on his eldest son and “destroyed” his life.

While John was in federal prison for financial crimes, Berger claimed Jason “was forced to drop out of [college]” and “give up his own dreams and his own life to become a caretaker to his younger brothers and his mother for his entire life.”

Berger further claimed John “had such a hold over” Jason and “seemed to have some spell over him” that he “did not stand a chance against him,” adding that John “used his four sons as human shields throughout their lives with no regard [for] the damage and harm he has inflicted upon them.”

Berger wondered whether “counseling” to address Jason’s “issues with his father” would have led to a different trajectory for him.

“Jason has made mistakes, and he knows that,” Berger penned, insisting he “has such regrets.”

“I am begging you to please consider the mental hardships he was under due to this unhealthy relationship his father imposed on him,” she told the judge.

“Jason knows what he did was wrong and the gravity of the crime. His father was out of his life for many years, and somehow he manipulated his way back into Jason’s life.”

In September 2020, Jason was sentenced to 189 months behind bars after pleading guilty to seven felonies: three counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, two counts of securities fraud one count of investment adviser fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit investment adviser fraud.

Notably, John was one of his co-defendants.

Berger went on to highlight Jason’s years-long work with Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit that supports deployed troops, veterans, law enforcement, first responders and their families.

She argued that the charitable “side” of Jason — which “is who [he] is” — “was not allowed to be developed when he was younger” due to his “family influence.”

Berger concluded her “request to consider leniency” by branding Jason a “kind,” “caring” and “hardworking man who cares about others’ well-being.”

She added, “His business life might be finished due to these mistakes, but he has much to offer the community through his service and kindness and compassion for people.”

Just one month later, Berger filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences.” Interestingly, she listed their date of separation as May 23, 2016.

Berger explained in her petition that she was unaware Jason had allegedly underpaid or failed to pay taxes on his income and allegedly forged her signature on more than one tax document, describing herself as a victim of his crimes.

Jason began his sentence in October 2017; he and Berger finalized their split the following April.

Jason and his fiancée’s fraudster dad, Todd Chrisley — who is only one year older than his soon-to-be son-in-law — actually served time together.

In March 2025, President Donald Trump commuted Jason’s prison sentence. Two months later, he pardoned Savannah’s parents — Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley — too.

On her podcast Tuesday, Savannah, 29, revealed she’d met her “much-older” man in the “world of politics” and that he proposed to her in the Cayman Islands in December 2025 after almost two years of dating.

The “Chrisley Knows Best” alum — who lives with Jason in her newly purchased Nashville home — also announced the couple is expecting their first child together.