Tom Girardi , the estranged husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison for embezzling “tens of millions of dollars” of settlement money that belonged to his clients. Girardi was disbarred in California in July 2022.

“This self-proclaimed ‘champion of justice’ was nothing more than a thief and a liar who conned his vulnerable clients out of the millions of dollars,” said United States Attorney Bill Essayli in a statement.

District Judge Josephine L. Staton also ordered Girardi, 86, to pay a $35,000 fine and $2,310,247 in restitution, and said he must surrender to federal authorities no later than July 17.

In August 2024, a jury convicted Girardi on all four counts of wire fraud . Prosecutors said Girardi di

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