The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Erika Jayne is sharing an update on her divorce from estranged husband Tom Girardi.
Jayne, 54, confirmed during a Thursday, December 18, appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that she has filed for legal separation from Girardi, 86, but added, “It’s very difficult to get someone who’s incompetent to divorce … I have to ask the conservator.” (Girardi was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2021 and placed under his brother Robert’s care.)
“It’s just not that easy,” she added.
Host Andy Cohen also asked Jayne if she had “thought at all about seeing” Girardi, who was convicted in August 2024 of four counts of wire fraud. He was sentenced to seven years in prison in June.
“I have [thought about it], and no,” Jayne said. “It’s just too much. That’s enough. He’s done. You know, it is what it is.”
Jayne filed for divorce from Girardi in November 2020 after 21 years of marriage, one month before the former attorney was accused of misappropriating money from his law firm, Girardi Keese.
“After much consideration, I have decided to end my marriage to Tom Girardi,” she said at the time. “This is not a step taken lightly or easily. I have great love and respect for Tom and for our years and the lives we built together. It is my absolute wish to proceed through this process with respect and with the privacy that both Tom and I deserve. I request others give us that privacy as well.”
In June, Girardi was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for what the IRS described as “leading a years-long scheme in which he embezzled tens of millions of dollars of settlement money that belonged to his clients.”
Tom Girardi has been sentenced in his California wire fraud case after being found guilty. NBC News confirmed on Tuesday, June 3, that Girardi, 86, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison. He was also ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution to victims. Federal prosecutors filed a sentencing memo in […]
Girardi was also ordered to pay a $35,000 fine and over $2 million in restitution.
“This self-proclaimed ‘champion of justice’ was nothing more than a thief and a liar who conned his vulnerable clients out of the millions of dollars,” United States Attorney Bill Essayli said in June. “My office will vigorously prosecute corrupt lawyers and those who assist them in criminal activities.”
Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, added in a statement, “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 serves out his lengthy prison sentence. 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.”
Jayne has opened up about the lawsuits she has faced after Girardi was accused of diverting millions of dollars from clients to fund their lavish lifestyle during their marriage. (Jayne has not been charged with any criminal offenses.)
“I’m not completely out of the woods. I’m still being sued in a lot of places, but those things will resolve,” she said in December 2024. “It is what it is. I just try to maintain the healthiest attitude possible going forward.”
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