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Erika Jayne has reportedly misplaced her enchantment in a lawsuit introduced towards her by Marco Marco designer Christopher Psaila.
In a collection of updates shared by lawyer Ronald Richards, the 54-year-old Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star is alleged to be headed for oral arguments in an $18 million case that accused her of wrongfully suggesting Christopher had made practically $800,000 in fraudulent costs to her bank card.
“Dangerous information for Erika Girardi,” Ronald introduced on October 15. “Within the lawsuit towards her in California by Marcos Marco / Christopher Psaila, it was being stalled as a result of Erika appealed the denial of her SLAPP movement. Now, the ninth Circuit has dominated, these are now not appealable earlier than trial.”
As RHOBH followers might know, Marco Marco’s different designer, Marco Morante, filed a case towards Erika in Florida. And earlier this yr, it was reported that she was dealing with a $300,000 default judgment within the go well with.
Ronald additionally famous that the appellants’ movement for a separate oral argument had been granted.
“Each circumstances, No. 24-2580 and No. 24-1433, are hereby faraway from the June 5, 2025 Pasadena calendar and can be held in abeyance pending issuance of the mandate in Gopher Media LLC, et al. v. Melone, et al., No. 24-2626. The mandate will problem shortly and the Courtroom will now set a trial in that case as effectively,” his message concluded.
In one other publish, shared on the finish of final month, Ronald revealed that Erika was “desperately making an attempt to settle” the $25 million lawsuit filed towards her by Thomas Girardi‘s chapter trustee, which is predicted to go to trial on February 10, 2026.
“She had a full day of mediation on September 22, 2025, and it has been reset for October 7, 2025. Possibly she’s going to lastly cough up some cash,” he shared.
Then, on October 9, he advised his followers that settlement negotiations have been ongoing.
“Erika can both roll the cube and threat insolvency or work out a principled settlement,” he defined. “The protection of Girardi saved the books and she or he didn’t know in regards to the ledger or the account was named to her LLC so she will get a move is a loser. She obtained $25m for nothing. Funds obtained like this will get clawed again in a chapter case. Her mind-set is irrelevant.”
Erika was sued in 2021 by the trustee, who alleged that she obtained, by way of her firm, funds from the now-incarcerated Thomas, 86, that have been meant for former shoppers of his regulation agency, Girardi Keese.
In a single additional message, Ronald responded to an X consumer who questioned why Erika hadn’t been charged with “receiving stolen property in types of cash.”
“She [didn’t] obtain property,” he replied on October 12. “They purchased issues for her and [paid] payments for her. There isn’t a method to show she knew that her husband was stealing the cash and also you don’t must work that arduous on a fraudulent conveyance. You simply should show that she didn’t give something for the cash.”
The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15 is predicted to premiere on Bravo someday later this yr or early subsequent yr.
