The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne has found herself accused of refusing to submit bank records to an investigator combing through her estranged husband Tom Girardi’s assets amid his bankruptcy case.
The allegations were levelled in a new motion filed Wednesday by petitioning credits who accused Jayne of declining to hand over documents including bank statements to the bankruptcy trustee investigating her estranged husband’s assets, according to People.
The 82-year-old’s law firm Girardi Keese filed for bankruptcy last year, and a recent motion also alleged Jayne’s companies had received $20 million in loans from the firm in recent years.
The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne has been accused of refusing to submit bank records to an investigator combing through her estranged husband Tom Girardi’s assets amid his bankruptcy case
The motion requests that Michael Ullman, Jayne’s accountant, procure ‘key financial documents’ such as receipts, bank statements, and pay stubs. It has also requested all communications that have occurred between Jayne’s divorce lawyer Larry Ginsburg and Ullman, according to People.
‘Erika has refused to provide access to her management company, her CPA which also houses her management company, any books and records of EJ Global or any of her affiliated companies,’ the motion reads.
‘As each day goes by, Erika has been publicly dissipating community assets by selling her clothes on public websites, flaunting large jewels on social media and on television, and has done nothing to assist in return structured firm payments being made to her instead of the firm by the California lottery, notwithstanding she was contacted through counsel over twelve days ago.’
The motion also accused Jayne of preventing access to her accountant, according to People.
Claims: Girardi’s law firm Girardi Keese filed for bankruptcy last year, and a recent motion also alleged Jayne’s companies had received $20 million in loans from the firm in recent years
‘At every turn, Erika has used the glam to continue to aid and abet this sham transactions that have been occurring with respect to large transfers of assets from the [Girardi Keese] to Erika,’ the motion reads. ‘Moreover, the Trustee has received zero cooperation from Erika which is constant [sic] with someone hiding assets.’
New developments involving Erika, such as news her attorneys had dropped her before returning as her counsel, also raised concerns the reality star would spend money allegedly transferred to her from ‘the Debtor’, aka Girardi Keese.
These events have intensified ‘the necessity to trace her money and investigate the receipt of funds, her purchases including the bling and the glam, (diamonds and high expenditures of beauty maintenance, etc.).’
The motion also took aim at Jayne’s recent social media response to photos taken of her at a gas station, dressed down, amid accusations she and her ex Girardi embezzled his clients.
Glammed up: Jayne has flaunted her wealthy lifestyle on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills
‘Goodnight Twitter, please be in full glam when pumping gas. Apparently it’s a big deal,’ Erika, 49, tweeted on Monday, along with a rolling eyes emoji after the photos emerged.
She also replied to several Twitter users earlier sticking up for her and the dressed down look.
The motion called the response ‘callous’ and speculated the wealth she was flaunting could have been money intended for those ‘cheated out of their money.’
‘As recently as yesterday, she callously sent out on social medial [sic] her bewilderment why people would continue to be upset at her displays of wealth (glam) while at a gas station, not-withstanding this money could be the Debtor’s and clients of the Debtor’s settlement proceeds, as well as other lenders and attorneys who have been cheated out of their money,’ the motion read.
Concerns: Recent events involving Erika, such as news her attorneys had dropped her before returning as her counsel, also raised concerns the reality star would spend money allegedly transferred to her from ‘the Debtor’, aka Girardi Keese
Girardi’s legal license in California was revoked in March, the same month he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Girardi faces a litany of legal problems, including a $2 million class action lawsuit claiming fraud and embezzlement from the firm Edelson PC in connection with the 2018 Lion Air Flight 610 crash, in which all 189 people onboard died.
He and Jayne were sued for allegedly embezzling funds meant for families of victims, while Edelson PC, a firm for their ex clients, said in court docs their divorce last fall was orchestrated to ‘fraudulently protect Tom and Erika’s money’ as they’re ‘on the verge of financial collapse.’
In the Hulu documentary The Housewife and the Hustler, attorney Sunny Hostin pointed out that Erika is seeking to have her high-dollar items classified as ‘separate property’ in their split, claiming they were ‘gifts to her.’
Reporter Brandon Lowrey of Law360 said in the doc that the estranged couple is ‘together in these bankruptcy proceedings’ and that ‘it’s going to be hard for her to say she didn’t know that anything was going on.’
In a preview for the show’s 11th season, Jayne said of the accusations, ‘No one knows the answer but him.’
He and Jayne were sued for allegedly embezzling funds meant for families of victims, while Edelson PC, a firm for their ex clients, said in court docs their divorce last fall was orchestrated to ‘fraudulently protect Tom and Erika’s money’ as they’re ‘on the verge of financial collapse’