Aug. 2 2023, Revealed 11:30 a.m. ET
Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne has offered stunning claims of fraud as a part of her estranged husband Tom Girardi’s legislation agency’s chapter, RadarOnline.com has realized.
Girardi was a prime Los Angeles lawyer till his world crumbled in 2020. The now-disbarred lawyer and his legislation agency Girardi Keese have been pushed into Chapter 7 by collectors.
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Jayne’s husband stands accused of working his agency like a Ponzi scheme. Earlier this yr, prosecutors indicted Girardi on wire fraud expenses.
In court docket, the federal government accused Girardi of embezzling $18 million from purchasers from 2010 to 2020. His alleged victims embrace orphans, widows, and one sufferer with extreme burns. The ex-clients shared the same story. They stated Girardi secured a monetary settlement in a authorized dispute however had excused when it got here time to pay out the cash.
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Jayne has been sued for $25 million by the trustee appointed to handle chapter. The lawsuit demanded she return hundreds of thousands Girard’s agency spent on payments for Jayne’s firm, EJ World. The fact star has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. The case is ongoing.
Now, in a newly filed movement, Jayne requested that the chapter decide not approve sure funds the trustee desires to make to collectors.
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Her lawyer trashed the trustee. He wrote, “With minor exceptions, the one factor the Trustee has performed rapidly on this case is to surrender on claims towards and rush to make reckless agreements with, purported secured collectors. The results of the Trustee’s actions (and inaction), together with the moment Movement, will probably be to offer the lion’s share of belongings of the [Girardi Keese] property to both wrongdoers or events that can obtain a windfall – all to the detriment of unsecured collectors, which embrace victims of [Girardi Keese]. Greater than anybody, the victims of [Girardi Keese] will probably be damage and prejudiced if the Movement is granted.”
Jayne stated if the funds are authorized it’ll “start a means of giving freely a number of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} from the GK property to alleged secured collectors” — collectors who she believes do not need legitimate secured claims or “do have legitimate claims” however submitted inflated claims.
Additional, she claimed that two of the alleged collectors are “actually, wrongdoers not entitled to any fee.”
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Jayne stated she not too long ago discovered new proof, by her attorneys. Because of this, they’ve launched an investigation.
The movement added, “Disturbingly, this proof is thought or must be identified by the Trustee.”
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Jayne stated frauds have been dedicated within the court docket in reference to, and after, the submitting of those chapter circumstances.
“This proof of fraud on the Courtroom will probably be offered in upcoming filings, as quickly as Ms. Girardi’s counsel have a possibility to finish their investigation and talk about the proof with the Division of Justice,” she stated.
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The [Girardi Keese] case is of historic significance and goes to the core of the integrity of the authorized occupation. We request that the Courtroom not approve or allow the Trustee’s rush to pay out the majority of this property to alleged secured collectors that, in complete or partly, when all of the proof is put ahead, will not be entitled to fee,” Jayne’s movement learn.
One of many collectors that the trustee seeks to pay is the hearth burn sufferer Joseph Ruigomez. Jayne stated she has “nice sympathy” for Ruigomez. Nonetheless, she stated he has been paid over $11 million from Girardi Keese.
Jayne stated, “the Ruigomez collectors, whereas wholly deserving, have already got acquired tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in money and different worth from GK. The Trustee shouldn’t be intimidated by threats of continuous curiosity on the claims of the Ruigomez collectors, if additional investigation would present that extra funds to them would quantity to a windfall exceeding their precise loss. Many different authentic creditor victims haven’t acquired a penny.”
A decide has but to rule.
As we beforehand reported, Jayne left Girardi in 2020 as his authorized issues mounted. She filed for divorce however the case has been placed on pause till the chapter circumstances are resolved.