RHOBH: Erika Jayne Ordered To Give Up $750K Earrings
Erika Jayne, star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, is facing a $25 million lawsuit and she has recently been ordered to give up her $750,000 earrings bought by her estranged husband, Tom Girardi. In 2020, an investigation was conducted into Tom’s legal practices, which found he was misappropriating funds that were supposed to go to his clients. The now-disbarred attorney’s shady legal dealings caused a public outcry as his clients included burn victims and the widows and orphans of the Lion Air plane crash.
As Tom’s wife, Erika was soon being investigated as well and is now being sued by the disgraced lawyer’s clients. Erika claimed she knew nothing of Tom’s financial affairs and that he was allegedly funding their lifestyle with his clients’ money. However, Erika is listed as the secretary of Tom’s law firm. The RHOBH star also received vast amounts of money from Tom to support her singing career, and many fans wondered how the «Pretty Mess» star didn’t question where it was coming from.
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During the investigation, it was discovered that Tom used his clients’ funds to purchase earrings for Erika that cost $750,000 at the time. The trustees issued a court order demanding Erika give up the earrings, which is now estimated to be worth $1.4 million. Erika has yet to hand them over. But according toPage Six, Judge Barry Russell ruled that the “settlement funds from the trust account created for a class action handled by Thomas’ firm Girardi Keese were used to pay for the diamond earrings.” Judge Russell noted that he didn’t believe Erika knew that the earrings were paid for with stolen funds, but she was ordered to return them anyway.
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