Former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” husband Tom Girardi has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday.
The 86-year-old was also ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution to victims.
Last year, the 86-year-old disbarred attorney and estranged husband of “RHOBH” star Erika Jayne was found guilty of stealing millions of dollars from former clients for over a decade, including $3 million from relatives of the victims of the 2018 Lion Air crash in the Java Sea, which killed 189 people.
A federal jury convicted Girardi on four wire fraud charges after a 13-day trial.
Federal prosecutors said that the former high-profile attorney used his status to pilfer money from clients, whom he represented in cases involving severe injuries