That’s right, Erika Jayne is back in the news regarding the court case over her diamond earrings. For those needing a refresher, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s estranged husband, Tom Girardi, was accused of wire fraud and embezzlement. Tom’s firm subsequently went bankrupt, and his team scrambled to recoup losses.
Erika was hit with multiple lawsuits in the scramble to recollect funds to pay Tom’s creditors. These suits demanded she turn over money the law firm had spent to pay her bills. Oh, and she had to give up a pair of $750k diamond earrings. The issue of the earrings bounced around between bankruptcy court and a higher court. Erika tried to appeal multiple times.
Eventually, the diamonds were auctioned off, but Erika kept making a hubbub about them. With time, Erika won an appeal to have a court further investigate whether the earrings were part of Tom’s estate. As part of the appeal, Erika requested she be paid for damages. But the trustee is fighting the request for damages with some new evidence.
Erika Jayne court battle: She isn’t owed a dime “under any scenario”
In court documents obtained by RadarOnline, the trustee over Tom’s estate spoke out. They said: “The District Court affirmed the Trustee’s position that regardless of whether the money was commingled and therefore the Earrings were property of the Estate, or the property of the beneficiaries of the trust account, Erika, as the recipient of the fruits of the money stolen from the trust account, does not have any right or interest in the Earrings or the proceeds of the sale thereof.”
The trustee also accused Erika and her PR team of spreading false information to the press. “Erika has falsely allowed her PR team to suggest she won the appeal and has gone so far as to suggest she is entitled to the proceeds from the sale. As the Court knows and the District Court affirmed … The proceeds of the sale under any scenario are not Erika’s. They are the clients whose funds were misappropriated.”
The client continued on that point, writing, “The money used to purchase the Earrings is either Estate property or the clients’ property, but it is not Erika’s property under any scenario. This undisputed finding by this Court and the District Court precludes Erika from any claim to the proceeds from the sale of the Earrings. She cannot profit from her husband’s theft of his clients’ money and that should be cleared up in any order or finding by this Court.”
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