Erika Jayne has been dragged into numerous lawsuits filed towards her estranged husband, Thomas Girardi, lately, however was she charged in his latest indictment?
After Thomas was charged with wire fraud on Wednesday as prosecutors accused the previous lawyer of stealing over $18 million from purchasers, sources are talking out concerning the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and her potential position within the “ongoing” investigation.
“Erika (Jayne) Girardi is not charged. The investigation is ongoing,” Cieran McIvoy, a public data officer for the Department of Justice, confirmed to Us Weekly on February 1.
According to an insider, Thomas’ indictments in Chicago and Los Angeles, which additionally embrace his son-in-law, David Lira, and former Girardi Keese CFO Christopher Kamon, respectively “[focus] on the activity involving the law firm.”
“It’s unclear if Erika will be on the witness list for prosecutors because the indictment was just unsealed,” the supply continued.
As Thomas’ indictment was introduced, Tyler Hatcher, a particular agent in command of the IRS Criminal Investigation Los Angeles workplace, launched a press release.
“Thomas Vincent Girardi should have been a pillar to our community,” he stated. “Instead, he is accused of creating an elaborate scheme to mislead his clients, victimizing them for a second time. Attorneys are put in a position of trust when they represent us during some of our most difficult times. Mistrust in the legal profession grows when clients can’t trust their attorneys to pay them the settlements intended to make them whole.”
Since late 2020, Thomas has been accused of embezzling tens of millions of {dollars} from his former purchasers, together with kin of victims of a aircraft crash in Indonesia and a person badly burned in a pipeline explosion, securing them settlements in lawsuits however failing to show over the money.
And though Erika has maintained her innocence all through the continued allegations towards Thomas, she has been accused by lots of being in on his schemes and utilizing the cash he’s secured for his purchasers to maintain her over-the-top life-style.
As she entered the brand new 12 months alongside Lisa Rinna and Diana Jenkins, each of who introduced their departures from RHOBH final month, Erika responded to a fan on Instagram Live who stated they had been “so happy” she was “being vindicated.”
“Slowly but surely,” Erika replied. “Yeah, me too. Thank you very much. Appreciate that … Slowly but surely, yes.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 13 is predicted to start filming later this month.
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