Published 18:28 IST, December 4th 2020

'Real Housewives' star Erika Jayne sued for fraudulently hiding plane crash victims' money

Real Housewives' Erika Jayne was recently in the news for her divorce and now she is being sued for stealing money that belonged to the plane crash victims.

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Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne were in news following allegations of embezzlement. Real Housewives star Erika Jayne and her husband were sued recently for stealing money that belonged to plane crash victims. Reports even claimed that Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne’s case was a sham divorce so that y could hide  money. 

Tom Girardi & Real Housewives star Erika Jayne’s case got more complicated

According to an article and a lawsuit viewed by Business Insider, it was reported that Real Housewives star Erika Jayne’s husband Tom Girardi, who is a high profile personal injury attorney, h been stealing money from his clients. His clients included widows and orphans of a 2018 plane crash.

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Law firm Edelson PC claimed that Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne’s divorce was a mere attempt to fraudulently protect ir money from those that seek to collect on debts owed by Tom and his law firm. In lawsuit, Edelson PC also claimed that Tom Girardi and Real Housewives' Erika Jayne were using ir divorce to hide money that rightfully belonged to families of plane crash victims. 

Tom Girardi’s law firm represented families of several victims from air crash from Lion Air Flight 610 in 2018. Edelson PC was also involved in this case, acting as a local counsel and representing victims’ families in litigation and settlement process. Edelson mentioned in new lawsuit that Boeing transferred some confidential settlements to Girardi Keese but those funds never reached families of victims.

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suit also claimed that Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne kept that money for ir own purpose and doled it out to ir friends and family. suit ded that at heart of deception is defendant Girardi and his need to fund outrous lifestyles for himself and his soon to be ex-wife Erika Jayne.  suit continued that in order to keep up ir celebrity status, couple must protect a public im of obscene wealth at all times and at whatever cost. It furr continued that Girardi’s firm was on verge of financial collapse and locked in a downward spiral of mounting debts and dwindling funds. 

Girardi's law firm represented victims of Lion Air Flight 610 whose new Boeing 737 Max plane crashed into Java in 2018 after beginning its journey from  Soekar–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 passengers along with crew on board. entire crash happened in just 13 minutes. 

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Erika Jayne’s net worth

According to reports by Celebrity Net Worth, Erika Jayne’s net worth is between $5 Million (369,472,500 INR) and $15 Million (1,108,417,500 INR). 

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Disclaimer: above net worth, career earnings and salary information are sourced from various websites and media reports. website does t guarantee a 100% accuracy of figures.

Im Source-  Tom Girardi Instagram Fanp & Erika Jayne Instagram

18:28 IST, December 4th 2020