Erika Jayne is allegedly refusing to relinquish a pair of $1.4 million diamond earrings after a bankruptcy trustee accused her estranged husband Tom Girardi of using stolen client money to purchase them.The trustee in the Girardi & Keese bankruptcy case claims Girardi, 82, used money from a client trust account at his former law firm to purchase a pair of diamond earrings from M&M Jewelers in 2007, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.The trustee has demanded the earrings, which were purchased for $750K, to be returnedbut Jayne, 50, has refused to turn them over, RadarOnline reports.
Erika Jayne is allegedly refusing to relinquish a pair of $750K diamond earrings after a bankruptcy trustee accused her estranged husband Tom Girardi of using stolen client money to purchase them; pictured in October 2020 According to court documents, Girardi was able to conceal the transaction in Girardi & Keese's Trust Account by 'describing the purpose of the check' as a 'cost' item paid to M&M in connection to one of his lawsuits, according to TMZ and Radar.'Erika has no legal or equitable right to the Diamond Earrings and the same are legally and equitably valuable assets of the GK Bankruptcy Estate that the Trustee can and should sell,' the court documents read, according to Radar.
The motion requests that the court order Jayne to return the jewelry within five days and forbid her from selling or giving them to someone else until then.Erika has yet to respond in court and TMZ reports a judge has not made a decision.
Allegations: The trustee in the Girardi & Keese bankruptcy case claims Girardi, 82, used money from a client trust account at his law firm to purchase a pair of diamond earrings from M&M Jewelers in 2007, according.
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