Prosecutors accused former attorney and ex-husband of Real Housewives’ Erika Jayne of stealing funds from clients
A Los Angeles federal jury on Tuesday found Tom Girardi, the disbarred California attorney, guilty of four counts of wire fraud after US prosecutors accused him of stealing $15m in settlement funds from clients, prosecutors said.
Girardi, 85, whose pollution case against a California utility inspired the Oscar-winning film Erin Brockovich, was accused of deceiving his clients and pilfering from settlement funds they had obtained in personal injury cases.