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Erika Jayne might have scored a serious court docket victory earlier this week. However in keeping with legal professional Ronald Richards, the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills forged member shouldn’t be too excited fairly but.
As a surprising new lawsuit towards Thomas Girardi was filed, accusing the once-famed legal professional of proudly owning a whopping $495 million to victims, lenders, and others, Ronald took to his Twitter web page, the place he recommended Erika’s win could also be nothing greater than a PR stunt and provided a take a look at her case listing.
“Present Erika Girardi case listing. Bear in mind, simply because somebody pays a PR firm to spit out tales doesn’t make the declare correct. Listed here are the true instances with actual case numbers. Any ruling in any of those instances just isn’t binding on some other case as an FYI,” he tweeted on September 1, together with a sheet outlining the numerous instances towards Erika, one in all which is a $25 million lawsuit and different that totals $1.5 million.
Legal professional Ronald Richards lists Erika Jayne’s 9 pending lawsuits
In different information, Erika’s estranged husband, who’s presently residing in an assisted residing heart, is going through a brand new lawsuit from Elissa Miller, the trustee presiding over his defunct regulation agency‘s chapter proceedings.
In court docket paperwork obtained by Radar On-line on September 1, it was famous that the trustee is combating again towards two litigation lenders who beforehand labored with Thomas and his agency and declare to be owed $15 million {dollars}, and added that the $2 million Thomas stiffed widows and orphans of airplane crash victims was solely the “tip of the iceberg” when it got here to his shady enterprise dealings.
“The Trustee’s investigation of the Agency’s monetary information revealed that during the last 10 years, Thomas and his cohorts stole at the very least $14,000,000 in settlement funds that ought to have gone to the Agency’s shoppers,” Elissa’s submitting learn.
In line with the trustee, Thomas used Girardi Keese’s belief account as “his private piggy financial institution,” placing greater than $41 million within the account to cowl checks he wrote from the account to maintain his and Erika’s over-the-top life-style.
“The deposits have been inadequate to cowl his use of the funds,” the trustee defined.
All in all, 682 claims have been filed towards Thomas’ property by his victims, lenders, and different collectors for a grand complete of $495,912,891.48.
Because the trustee acknowledged within the lawsuit, Thomas spent hundreds of thousands of {dollars} “on automobiles, furs, garments, journeys, and jewellery and different objects for himself, [Erika Jayne] and different mates and Girardi Keese staff and companions” as his shoppers remained unpaid.
“His indulgences included 5 nation club- golf memberships, memberships in metropolis golf equipment, cars (Ferrari and Lamborghini sports activities automobiles), boats, two planes, homes in Malibu and within the Palm Springs space, luxurious yachting journeys within the Mediterranean, and a penchant for giving costly items of bijou and the like,” the swimsuit added.
The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills season 12 airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
