Tom Girardi, co-founder of the defunct Los Angeles law firm Girardi Keese, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly embezzling more than $15 million from several of his legal clients, federal prosecutors announced Feb. 1.
The 83-year-old Girardi—the estranged husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne—is charged with five counts of wire fraud, a crime that carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years. Girardi, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was deemed incompetent to manage his own affairs in June 2021 and was disbarred a year later.
U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada declined to comment on whether Jayne is being investigated as part of the ongoing probe into the Girardi Keese firm….