Erika Jayne has been hit with another lawsuit.
01.07.2022 - 02:37 / perezhilton.com
Erika Jayne’s jewelry box will be a little lighter now… THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION BUCKS LIGHTER!
It turns out that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star is being forced to turn over a pair of $750,000 diamond earrings from her estranged husband, Tom Girardi. The court ruled the pricey accessories were purchased with stolen funds!
During a court hearing on Tuesday, Judge Barry Russell found 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.” As Law360 reports, the court does not believe Erika knew the jewelry item was bought with embezzled money, but she is still obligated to return them all the same. Ouch.
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According to legal documents obtained by Us Weekly in February, the 83-year-old former attorney allegedly purchased the earrings in March 2007 with cash from a client’s trust account and cited the purchase as costs for a legal case. While he first claimed the item was stolen from their home, they were allegedly found in a safe later on.
The former attorney for the trustee Ronald Richards reacted to the new court ruling, telling Page Six:
Meanwhile, the reality star’s lawyer, Evan Borges, slammed the fact his client is still paying for her ex’s crimes, saying to Us:
Sorry, but you aren’t allowed to keep stolen goods just because you weren’t the one who stole them. If she really didn’t know about Tom’s crimes, that’s obviously rough for her. But that’s a version of events a lot of parties aren’t buying.
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Erika Jayne will have to surrender her $750,000 diamond earrings after a judge ruled that her estranged husband, Tom Girardi, purchased the jewelry with stolen funds, Us Weekly can confirm.