The husband of reality TV star Erika Jayne is being held in civil contempt along with his law firm. A federal judge in a Chicago court made the decision after Thomas Girardi and the Girardi Keese law firm failed to identify the whereabouts of more than $2 million in payments for survivors and family of the Lion Air Flight 610 plane crash.
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The husband of reality TV star Erika Jayne is being held in civil contempt along with his law firm. A federal judge in a Chicago court made the decision after Thomas Girardi and the Girardi Keese law firm failed to identify the whereabouts of more than $2 million in payments for survivors and family of the Lion Air Flight 610 plane crash.
Chicago Sun-Times explains that Judge Thomas Durkin froze the assets of the lawyer and his firm. He then affirmed that payment to at least four families owed half a million dollars would cure the situation.
Girardi is also being sued by multiple litigation finance firms over non-payment and leaving funding contracts unfulfilled. He and his wife are accused of embezzling settlement money in order to maintain the appearance of being wealthy celebrities.
The couple, ostensibly in the midst of a divorce, claims to be staring at ever-growing debt. It’s been alleged that the couple misdirected large amounts of money from both funders and clients for their own personal use. Jayne herself describes the case as “high drama.”
