It was one problem after another, one trial after another for Erika Jayne for nearly two years. While her husband, Tom Girardi, and her former law firm have been accused of embezzling nearly $ 500 million from clients and partners in the past, she in turn has been labeled the gang leader of the alleged “corporate extortion” in the law. of the actor. I mean, prosecutors say the RHOBH The star was aware of the alleged schemes from the start and even funneled the shady funds through her entertainment company, EJ Global LLC, and through her personal belongings. And apparently there are even more legal issues on the horizon for her after she refused to deliver a particularly expensive gift that Girardi gave her.
Due to the various claims filed against him, Tom Girardi and the Girardi Keese law firm had to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 in 2020. A trustee was then appointed to address the complicated financial situation, which included the sale to the auction of Girardi’s house and countless priceless objects to repay creditors. The next item to be won was to be a pair of $ 750,000 diamond earrings, which were now worth $ 1.4 million but, for speed cameras online, the future 50-year-old ex-wife refused to give them up completely. The outlet has obtained new court documents filed by the trustee and appears to have set a legal precedent for Erika Jayne, stating:
His behavior appears to be a new crime. Your refusal to deliver the diamond earrings is now a conversion, for which you may be liable for damages. You can also be civilly liable for the value of the diamond earrings, as well as legal interest and punitive damages, which, with the preliminary interest, could easily go as high as $ 5.4 million.
The trustee also said the Bravo student could also be “incarcerated in a county jail for up to one year” for holding apparently known stolen items, under Penal Code ยง496 (a). (Tom Girardi reportedly took the money for the earrings from a deal for Rezulin’s drug victims.) The reality TV star and his legal team are fighting allegations he knew about the track money in court, but the opposition is not. still leaving it free. They said in the presentation:
[Jayne] It’s been a good part of the fifteen years since Girardi used $ 750,000 from client Rezulin’s trust account so that he could have shiny earlobes. But not once did she argue or submit evidence that the Trust’s beneficiaries, clients who were deprived of the funds needed to support themselves for the damages they suffered while taking the drug, held the key to the embezzlement that took place.
In a statement to Radar Online, Erika Jayne’s attorney painted a completely different picture of the earrings debacle. She claims that the money stolen from the earrings law firm was made by two of Girardi Keese’s partners, not her client. Furthermore, as this would have been done in 2007, the “limitation period has expired”. He continued:
Once again everyone blames Erika, this time for the actions of her ex-husband 15 years ago that she was unaware of. Why aren’t the trustees chasing Tom Girardi or the legacy of Mr. O’Callahan, the other GK partner who signed the check in 2007? Blaming Erika, a non-law cheerleader who has never worked at the law firm, is a diversionary tactic. Why not focus on all the lawyers, accountants and financiers who have been closest to the internal operations of TG and GK?
The legal representative added that the trustee has already taken the Beverly Hills alum in an offer to “put the earrings in receivership pending a final court injunction.” By all accounts, the trustee actually has the key to the safe where the earrings are at this time.
It could be assumed that Erika Jayne is fighting so hard over Tom Girardi’s controversial earrings because she may soon need the profits here herself. Amid one of the many other ongoing legal battles she faces, a $ 5 million lawsuit, the plaintiffs involved say she is seeking an “unfair advantage” by delaying the discovery process until the next hearing. They demanded that EJ Global’s taxes be filed in order to proceed on this front, which a judge has provisionally accepted. As a result, however, the artist later declared in court that he was unable to pay the huge amount of unpaid taxes of the company that were hindering things.
She claims she had nothing to do with the financial aspect of her personal or professional life while she was married as Tom Girardi took care of everything. Furthermore, she believes that various stakeholders are extorting her.
We look forward to further developments in this situation. In the meantime, however, fans can still see what Erika Jayne keeps saying about her legal woes in the 12th season currently airing. The The real housewives of Beverly Hills. New episodes premiere Wednesday and the next day for Peacock Premium subscribers.
Source: Cinemablend
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