Erika Jayne ‘Investigation Is Ongoing’ After Tom Girardi’s Indictment: Will She Be on the Witness List?

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What’s next for Erika Jayne after her estranged husband, Tom Girardi, was indicted? Whether the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star will have a new role in his ongoing legal cases is still to be determined.“Erika (Jayne) Girardi is not charged.

The investigation is ongoing,” Cieran McIvoy, Public Information Officer for the Department Of Justice, told Us Weekly on Wednesday, February 1, hours after Tom was charged with five counts of wire fraud.A source notes that the indictment — which alleges Tom embezzled more than $15 million from his clients — “focuses on the activity involving the law firm.”The insider adds, “It’s unclear if Erika will be on the witness list for prosecutors because the indictment was just unsealed.”The Bravo star has yet to publicly comment on the latest in Tom’s legal woes as he remains in a senior living facility amid battles with late-onset Alzheimer’s and dementia. (Tom’s brother Robert Girardi was named the conservator of his person and estate in 2021.)“Thomas Vincent Girardi should have been a pillar to our community,” Tyler Hatcher, the special agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation’s Los Angeles field office, said on Wednesday. “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.”Erika filed for divorce from the disgraced lawyer in November 2020 after 21 years of marriage and one month later, the spouses were accused of fraud and embezzlement.