RHOBH: Erika Jayne Hit With New Lawsuit Claiming She Knew Tom’s Schemes
Erika Jayne’s legal woes keep piling up as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star is hit with a new lawsuit filed on July 6 that accuses her of knowing about her estranged husband Tom Girardi’s alleged illegal dealings through his law firm. In 2020, Tom was accused of misappropriating his clients’ settlement funds and using the money to fund his and Erika’s lavish lifestyle. Fans watched the ordeal play out inRHOBH season 11, with Erika first announcing to her castmates that she had filed for divorce from Tom. The housewives were understandably shocked as they had thought Erika’s marriage was fine but news soon broke out of the accusations against Tom.
Although Erika has maintained her innocence, she has been named alongside Tom in the lawsuit filed by Edelson PC. It was announced that Erika was dismissed from the $2 million fraud and embezzlement lawsuit but it was revealed that it had been dropped in Illinois, where it had originally been filed. However, Edelson announced they were going to re-file in California, so as not to deal with jurisdiction issues. During the investigation, Hulu streamed the documentary The Housewife and the Hustler, which detailed how Tom won millions of dollars in settlements for his clients but had withheld those funds from them.
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As reported by Us Weekly, Erika is named in a new lawsuit by Edelson PC that claims she and Tom “portrayed themselves to the public as an extremely wealthy Beverly Hills power couple,” and Erika’s company EJ Global “was created for the purpose of funneling money from Girardi Keese to benefit Erika.” Edelson PC accused Erika of maintaining her public persona by excessively spending
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