“The Trustee is six months into her administration of the estate, and is beginning to unravel the numerous transactions which may be avoidable and recoverable for the benefit of creditors,” the legal document states. “Among the possible assets to be recovered are the millions of dollars of settlement proceeds which the Debtor may have transferred to Erika.”
So far, the trustee’s special litigation counsel has confirmed that “settlement funds were diverted to Erika,” the document states.
Erika and Tom Girardi.Jerritt Clark/Getty; Steve Eichner/Sipa
“The Debtor has admitted in numerous filed tax documents that Erika’s related companies have received over $20,000,000 according to the tax documents spanning multiple years,” the trustee alleges. “Erika has created a new company after the news broke of this scandal which appears to simply be a successor company. Erika has multiple financial accounts and the Debtor’s books show Erika owes large receivables to the Debtor.”
The trustee’s filing claims Erika’s legal representatives were provided with “irrefutable evidence” supporting the allegations. Days later, theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar’s attorneys asked the court for permission towithdraw from being her counsel.
Erika and Tom Girardi.Steve Eichner/AP
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Erika, 49,filed for divorce from Tom, 82, in November 2020 after 21 years of marriage. In the months since the divorce filing, Tom has been entangled in multiple lawsuits, one of which includes his and Erika’s alleged embezzlement.
The former couple’s legal woes were recently the subject of a new ABC News Originals documentary, titledThe Housewifeand the Hustler.
Erika has briefly addressed her divorce onRHOBH’s current 11th season. During last week’s episode, she opened up abouthow challenging the separation is. “There’s so many layers to this divorce,” she said. “It’s so f—— complicated. It’s very difficult to explain.”
source: people.com
