The estranged husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star Erika Jayne and Disbarred Lawyer was convict of wire fraud
Tom Girardi, The estranged husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star Erika Jayne, Was Sentced Tuesday to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling “Tens of Millions of Dollars” of Settlement Money that Belonged to his clients. Girardi was disbarred in California in July 2022.
“This self-proclaimed 'Champion of Justice' Was Nothing More Than a Thief and A Liar Who Connection His Vulnerable Clienti Out of the Millions of Dollars,” Said United States Attrned Bill Essayli in A Statement.
District Judge Josephine L. Staton Also Orthoded Girardi, 86, to pay a $ 35,000 end and $ 2,310,247 in Returning, and said he must surrender to Federal Authorities No Later Than July 17.
In August 2024, to Jury Convicted Girardi on All Four Counts of Wire Fraud. Prosecutors Said Girardi Diverted Money From Accounts of His Now-Shutted Law Firm Girardi & Keese to Pay for Private Jet Travel, Luxury Cars, Jewelry, Memberships to Exclusive Golf and Social Clubs, and More Than $ 25 Million in Expenses for Jayne's Company Ej Global. Formers clients were initialdy impressed by Girardi's Work in Helping Secure The Famed $ 333 Million Settlement Against Pacific Gas & Electric That Inspired in the 2000 Movie Erin Brockovich Starring Julia Roberts, The Los Angeles Times Report.
Prosecutors Accused Girardi of Operating His Firm Like a Ponzi-Forme From Octaber 2010 to Late 2020 by Lying to Clients and Instructting Law Firm Employees to Make Involile Payments of Newly Obtained Settlement Funds to Previusly Defraude Clients.
“Mr. Girardi, Once A Self-Proclaimed 'Legal Legend' Who Purported to Fight Corporate Greed, Will Now Find Himself On The opposite end of Justice as he serbs Out His Lengthy Prison Sencence,” Akil Davis, The Assistant Director in Change of the Fbi's Los Angeles Field Office, Said in a statement Following Girardi's sentence on Tuesday. “Years of Hard Work Went Into This Case by Agents and prosecutors Motivated to Pursue Justice for the Victims Who Were Betrayed by Girardi After Putting Their Trust in His Corrupt Law Firm in Their Time of Need and While Enduring Personal Hardship.”
