Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne: Love, Lawsuits, and Reality TV - Los Angeles Times
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Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne: What to know

Erika Girardi in a lime green dress
Left: 2016 photo of Erika Girardi and right, undated handout photo of Tom Girardi. A federal lawsuit accuses prominent Los Angeles attorney Thomas Girardi of stealing funds owed to relatives of plane crash victims to underwrite “a public image of obscene wealth” for himself and his wife, pop singer and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne.
(Wally Skalij; Amy Cantrell/Los Angeles Times; Handout)
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The Los Angeles Times has had a starring role in “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” this season, as Matt Hamilton and Harriet Ryan’s reporting on the scandal engulfing cast member Erika Girardi (aka Erika Jayne) and her estranged husband, attorney Tom Girardi, splashed across the screen on national television: “The legal titan and the ‘Real Housewife’: The rise and fall of Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne.”

Be like Sutton Stracke and read the whole article — along with our conversation with Erika Girardi and her castmates last year, our follow-ups on Tom Girardi’s legal woes, and our analysis of why the “Real Housewives” franchise so often lands its stars in hot water.

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