Judge Orders Erika Jayne To Turn Over $1.4 Million Diamond Earrings!

Erika Jayne’s diamond earrings, valued at $1.4 million, are hitting the auction block. A judge has ordered that the earrings gifted to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star from her estranged husband, Tom Girardi, be sold to the highest bidder to help pay off the disbarred lawyer’s creditors. 

Erika filed for divorce in November 2020, one month before Tom and his law firm, Girardi Keese, were forced into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Tom is embroiled in multiple lawsuits that accuse him of embezzling funds owed to clients—including orphans and widows of plane crash victims and a gas explosion burn survivor. 

A court hearing took place on Tuesday, addressing Erika and the trustee’s legal battle over the earrings. 

The trustee previously sued the Bravo star to turn over the earrings, which were purchased in 2007 by her then-husband for $750k. Tom was accused of using money owed to clients to pay for the lavish gift. Erika previously asked the judge to allow her to keep the jewelry, claiming that she was an “innocent spouse” with no knowledge of her husband’s alleged misdeeds. 

The judge said on Tuesday that Erika’s supposed lack of awareness of Tom’s alleged crimes had no relevance, and ordered that the earrings be turned over as property of the estate. 

“This is an unfortunate case,” a lawyer for the trustee said as stated in open court, per Law.com. “The facts as far as I am concerned are pretty straightforward: There was embezzlement fraud from Day 1, not by Erika Girardi but Mr. Girardi. And the facts are laid out in the record. The trustee gets the record the best she can.”

Attorney, Ronald Richards, who previously worked on the bankruptcy case, spoke to Radar Online about the judge’s decision.

“The decision to award the earrings to the estate was a justifiable one. Erika’s fantastical belief that she could keep the proceeds of an embezzlement of the client trust account was disturbing and should never have been argued.”

“She has no compassion and one day soon her attorney and her will know that just because you claim willful blindness, doesn’t mean you get to keep stolen property,” he added. “She will be liable for all the funds paid on her behalf and all the gifts provided with the stolen client funds.”

Possessions and furniture that Erika and Tom once shared are also set to be auctioned off, to help pay down Tom’s debt. The trustee recently requested money to hire an auction company to hold an estate sale to sell off the contents of the ex-couple’s Pasadena mansion. A Steinway piano, furniture, religious items, statues, lamps, rugs, ceramic pieces, glassware, clothing and shoes, and sports memorabilia are among the items that will be put up for sale. The auction is scheduled for September 21 and the trustee is expecting the event to bring in between $191k-$280k. 

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