{"id":658883,"date":"2026-05-22T17:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/658883\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:43:10","slug":"real-housewives-star-erika-jayne-settles-25-million-lawsuit-before-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/658883\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Real Housewives’ Star Erika Jayne Settles $25 Million Lawsuit Before Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Real Housewives’ Star Erika Jayne
\n $25M Lawsuit Settled at Last Minute Before Trial<\/p>\n

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\n May 22, 2026
\n 9:00 AM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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Erika Jayne<\/a> won’t be heading to trial in her monster $25 million legal war tied to ex-husband Tom Girardi … because the whole thing was settled at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Lawyers informed the judge Thursday the case had officially been resolved … just days before jury selection was supposed to kick off.<\/p>\n

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The lawsuit stemmed from the collapse of Girardi’s now-defunct law firm, Girardi Keese, with the bankruptcy trustee accusing Erika and her companies of burning through more than $25M in firm funds on glam expenses and personal bills.<\/p>\n

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Erika has denied wrongdoing from the jump and was never criminally charged.<\/p>\n

According to PEOPLE<\/a>, the settlement terms are still under wraps … but the agreement wipes out all pending hearings, motions, and the looming courtroom showdown.<\/p>\n

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The case had dragged on for years with delays, mediation attempts, and nonstop legal sparring before both sides finally struck a deal. And get this … Erika practically predicted the outcome herself during “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” reunion … when Andy Cohen<\/a> asked what would happen if she lost at trial.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can fight it out in court, you can cut a deal, you can die in the streets,” she said — and well … she cut the deal.<\/p>\n


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The legal mess has been hanging over Erika ever since Girardi’s empire imploded in 2020 amid allegations he stole millions from clients. In 2024, Girardi was convicted<\/a> on multiple wire fraud charges tied to claims he embezzled more than $15M.<\/p>\n

Erika filed<\/a> for divorce as the scandal exploded … and ever since, she’s been fighting to separate herself from the wreckage of Girardi’s downfall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Real Housewives’ Star Erika Jayne $25M Lawsuit Settled at Last Minute Before Trial Published May 22, 2026 9:00…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-658883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}