Erika Jayne May Be Forced to Return $750,000 Earrings Amid Tom Girardi’s Legal Woes

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After her bling. Erika Jayne may be forced to surrender a pair of earrings that cost $750,000 amid allegations that her estranged husband, Tom Girardi, purchased the jewelry with funds that did not belong to him.Tom, 82, allegedly bought the earrings in March 2007 with money from a client trust account and cited the purchase as costs for a case, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly.

While he initially claimed that the jewelry was stolen from their home, the earrings were allegedly in a safe.“The evidence filed in court by the trustee shows a clear money trail to the purchase of these earrings,” Ronald Richards, former attorney for the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy case involving Tom’s former law firm, exclusively told Us in a statement on Wednesday, January 26. “Erika should return them immediately.

They were purchased with estate funds. She will not be able to hide behind her attorney in her response. She will have to provide testimony under oath and be subject to a deposition if she persists.”However, Erika’s lawyer fired back at the allegations on Wednesday. “I am disturbed by everyone jumping to conclusions about Erika, who is innocent, and trying to blame her for the actions of others,” Evan C.

Borges said in a statement to Us. “If the law matters, the trustee’s motion is completely out of bounds. Even based on the incomplete hearsay evidence filed with the motion, the trustee has no claim based on Erika innocently receiving a gift of earrings 15 years ago from her now estranged and then-extraordinarily wealthy husband.”The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 50, “has agreed to hold and not transfer or sell the earrings,” according to court documents filed by her attorney.