Roxanne 
Steven McBee Jr. is baring it all about the personal cost of his family’s public ordeal.
The McBee Dynasty star revealed that his father Steve McBee’s federal fraud case has left deep emotional scars — and aged him well beyond his years.
“That has truly taken over the last two to three years of our lives,” Steven, 32, said on the November 11 episode of Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley. “You feel like you’re wearing the scarlet letter everywhere that you go. It is like a black cloud over your head. It’s been tough.”
His father, 53, the former CEO of McBee Farm & Cattle, was sentenced in October to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution for his role in a multimillion-dollar crop insurance fraud case. He’ll also serve two years of supervised release.
When Steven spoke with Chrisley, the sentence hadn’t yet been handed down — and he was still hoping for the best.
“We’re hoping that it is just four years of probation,” he explained, adding that the prosecution was “coming down and recommending” leniency. “We were willing to open up our world to the court.”
Even with the weight of public scrutiny, Steven insisted the family’s legacy of hard work is real — and not defined by one mistake.
“The biggest misconception is that everything we’ve built, all of our businesses, the years and years of absolutely backbreaking, pretty much seven-day work weeks, was all fraudulent,” he said. “That’s just not true.”
The stress, however, hasn’t been easy to carry.
“I feel like the last two to three years have aged me about 10 to 15 years,” Steven admitted. “I can deal with anything if I know what’s happening. It’s the anticipation and the unknown that makes it so bad on you.”
Despite the turmoil, he praised his father for staying strong through the storm.
“My dad is the most stress-tolerant man I’ve ever been around,” Steven said. “I’m a stress ball 24/7.”
As the dust settles, Steven says the family is ready to move forward with their heads held high — and their character intact.
“You keep your chin held high, you know who you are as a person, you know what your character is,” he said. “But you read articles… it makes you start to question your character.”
After years of living under that “black cloud,” Steven McBee Jr. says the McBees are more than ready for their next chapter — one built on resilience, not rumors.
