Diana Jenkins Donates $100K to Lion Air Flight Victims’ Families After ‘RHOBH’ Costar Erika Jayne Fraud Lawsuit
07.09.2022 - 19:25
/ usmagazine.com
After making her debut on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Diana Jenkins‘ experience is inspiring her charitable endeavors.
The newcomer, 49, took to Instagram on Wednesday, September 7, to announce that she donated $100,000 to family members of the victims involved in the 2018 Lion Air 610 plane crash. Jenkins hinted that her decision came after her costar Erika Jayne was named in a fraud lawsuit connected to the accident.
“I was not aware of this tragedy until it became a topic of conversation on RHOBH. I feel so much sympathy for the widows and orphans left behind,” Jenkins, who joined the Bravo series during season 12, wrote via Instagram. “I know firsthand the pain and suffering that accompanies the loss of a family member, having lost my brother in the closing days of the Bosnian War.”
She concluded: “I want to do what I can to support those people who suffered so much.”
According to the social media post, the entrepreneur will be making the donation through her new charity, The Sunela Foundation. The non-profit organization partnered with GVNG to help raise funds for various causes.
Ahead of Jenkins’ RHOBH debut, Erika’s legal issues made headlines after she filed for divorce from Tom Girardi. In November 2020, the performer, 51, parted ways from the attorney, 83, after 21 years of marriage. One month later, the pair were accused of embezzling $2 million in settlement funds from the families of Lion Air Flight 610 victims.
In court documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time, it was noted that the Pretty Mess author was being sued by class action firm Edelson PC. The fraud lawsuit focused on the crash that killed 189 people in 2018.
Edelson PC claimed that Erika and Tom’s divorce was “a sham attempt to fraudulently