Real Housewife of Beverly Hills cast member Erika Jayne’s husband Thomas Girardi is in a Los Angeles federal courtroom facing allegations that he embezzled more than $15 million from his firm’s clients. The 85-year-old attorney and former owner of the downtown Los Angeles law firm Girardi Keese has been sued more than 100 times, according to the L.A.
Times . Girardi is currently under a conservatorship handled by his brother due to signs of dementia. During opening statements on August 6, prosecutor Scott Peatty alleged Girardi used his clients’ trust accounts like a “personal piggy bank” to support the “entertainment career” of his wife, Law.
com reports . While he and Jayne have been separated since late 2020, their divorce is stalled due to the bankruptcy trial — here’s what to know about the former Housewife husband and the case against him. The federal case against Girardi focuses on four of Girardi’s clients — specifically, millions of stolen dollars from his client-settlement fund accounts after he failed to give them the money that was owed to them.
The clients, who are expected to testify at trial, include a man who suffered significant burns all over his body from an explosion, a second client who lost her husband in a boating accident, a third client who suffered severe injuries from a defective medical device, and a fourth client who suffered injuries in a car accident. In all cases, the clients received substantial settlement money due to the.