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Disbarred lawyer married to ‘Actual Housewives’ star discovered competent to face trial for alleged $15M embezzlement
Lawyer Tom Girardi was disbarred in June 2022. Girardi has been discovered competent to face trial in Los Angeles for allegedly stealing $15 million from purchasers. Photograph by Sipa USA through the Related Press.
Disbarred plaintiffs lawyer Tom Girardi has been discovered competent to face trial in Los Angeles for allegedly stealing $15 million from purchasers.
U.S. District Choose Josephine Staton of the Central District of California famous the competency discovering in a docket entry, report Law.com, Law360 and Reuters. His legal professionals have stated he suffers from dementia.
Girardi, 84, is the estranged husband of Erika Girardi, who appeared on The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills actuality TV present. He was additionally an adviser to the film Erin Brockovich and a part of the profitable authorized workforce portrayed within the movie that sued over contaminated groundwater. He at the moment lives in an assisted dwelling facility.
Girardi is accused of stealing greater than $15 million in Los Angeles. In Chicago, he’s accused of misappropriating greater than $3 million in settlement funds for 5 kin of victims killed within the October 2018 crash of Indonesia’s Lion Air Flight 610.
Staton’s competency order is beneath seal. She has requested the events to determine which components of her order ought to stay sealed.
Girardi and his former legislation agency, Girardi Keese, have been pressured into chapter 11, in accordance with Law360.
“Since Girardi Keese went bankrupt,” the article studies, “the trustee has filed over 100 complaints in opposition to casinos, former Girardi Keese staff and different legislation corporations and corporations, looking for a complete of greater than $140 million.”
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