'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Star Claps Back at Questions About Lawyer Husband's Legal Issues
Erika Jayne was asked via a tweet "if she feels the need to cut back on her glam squad" in light of her husband Thomas Girardi's legal woes. Her reply: "I pay my own bills, so no, I don't."
March 27, 2019 at 03:52 PM
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“It's expensive to be me / Looking this good don't come for free,” sings Erika Jayne in her hit single “XXPEN$IVE.” But the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, who's married to plaintiffs attorney Thomas Girardi, says she takes care of all those expenses herself, in spite of her husband's recent legal troubles.
As The Recorder previously reported, litigation funder Law Finance Group LLC sued Girardi and his firm, Girardi Keese, in January over nearly $15 million in alleged unpaid loans. “As a prominent civil litigator, Mr. Girardi of all people should understand the consequences of breaching a loan and security agreement and a personal guaranty,” the funder's lawyers at Eisner APC wrote in the suit. “Nevertheless, Mr. Girardi and his law firm, Girardi Keese, have admitted to breaching their obligations under their written agreements with the plaintiff—written agreements to borrow funds that, on information and belief, were used to maintain Mr. Girardi's lavish lifestyle and to keep his prominent law firm financially afloat, causing significant harm to the plaintiff.”
According to the suit, Girardi said the debt will “eventually” be paid, and pointed to his firm's recent successes as proof.
Jayne's fans and foes have confronted her online about her husband's legal woes. During a recent appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” TooFab.com reports, Jayne was asked via a tweet “if she feels the need to cut back on her glam squad since her husband is being sued for a huge amount of money.”
Cohen continued, “We got a lot of questions about this. Anything you want to say about that?”
Jayne initially replied, “Uh, yeah, it's a lawsuit, and you can't comment on it,” but went on to add, “I pay my own bills, so no, I don't.”
Previously, Jayne posted a makeup-free photo of herself on Twitter, which was retweeted by a user along with the caption, “The face you have to wear when Papa Tom cuts your allowance due to his lawsuits.”
According to Today, Jayne responded immediately, tweeting, “Actually, this is me after a facial with no makeup and no, I'm not ashamed to be 47.”
Actually this is me after a facial with no makeup and no, Im not ashamed to be 47. https://t.co/3WmpinGuPt
— Erika Jayne (@erikajayne) March 19, 2019
When Jayne joined the cast of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” in 2015, Girardi was asked if he'd also be making appearances on the show. “I told them they could photograph the back of my head twice,” Girardi said. “Hopefully, I dodge it.”
Thomas and Erika celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary this year.
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