Tom Girardi, former ‘Actual Housewives’ husband, sentenced to 7 years in jail

Former “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” husband Tom Girardi has been sentenced to seven years and three months in jail in a Los Angeles court docket on Tuesday.

The 86-year-old was additionally ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution to victims.

Final yr, the 86-year-old disbarred lawyer and estranged husband of “RHOBH” star Erika Jayne was discovered responsible of stealing tens of millions of {dollars} from former shoppers for over a decade, together with $3 million from relations of the victims of the 2018 Lion Air crash within the Java Sea, which killed 189 folks.

A federal jury convicted Girardi on 4 wire fraud fees after a 13-day trial.

Federal prosecutors stated that the previous high-profile lawyer used his standing to pilfer cash from shoppers, whom he represented in instances involving extreme accidents.

Girardi is understood for his function within the 1993 groundwater contamination lawsuit towards Pacific Gasoline and Electrical Co. The case impressed the 2000 movie “Erin Brockovich,” which starred Julia Roberts.

He additionally appeared commonly in Bravo actuality sequence “RHOBH” alongside his now-estranged spouse, Jayne, one of many present’s foremost stars. Federal prosecutors stated Girardi diverted greater than $25 million from his legislation agency’s working account to pay bills for EJ World, an organization fashioned for Jayne’s leisure profession. The cash was spent on luxurious automobiles, non-public jet journey, jewellery and unique golf equipment, based on prosecutors.

Jayne, 53, filed for divorce in 2020 after allegations towards Girardi emerged, and has stated on the present that the divorce remains to be in course of due to his psychological and bodily decline. She was named in a lawsuit that alleged she knew about Girardi’s embezzlement within the Lion Air case, however has maintained that she had no data of any fraud he dedicated. Jayne was dismissed from the swimsuit in 2022.

Girardi was deemed match to face trial early final yr regardless of his legal professionals arguing that he has Alzheimer’s illness, which they stated left him confused and with reminiscence issues. Girardi had been residing in an assisted care facility all through the trial and whereas awaiting sentencing.

Jayne was in London on her estranged husband’s sentencing day, getting ready for a efficiency on the metropolis’s famed KOKO membership. In an interview with Vogue U.Ok. that was additionally revealed Tuesday, Jayne spoke about selecting herself up after darkish occasions.

“All of us undergo issues — you need to understand that you simply’re not the one one,” she instructed the outlet. “And you need to discover the desire to take child steps till you are feeling extra snug, and people child steps may final for a very long time.”