Disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi was found guilty on Tuesday of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients following a nearly two-week trial in Los Angeles.
Girardi, the 85-year-old estranged husband of “Real Houses of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne, was convicted by a jury of four counts of wire fraud for embezzlement of various clients, including some who awaited payment for treatment for severe physical injuries, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Girardi, once a central figure to California’s legal community, was the leader of the now-defunct law firm Girardi Keese, where he spent years misappropriating and embezzling millions of dollars from the firm’s client trust accounts, prosecutors said during the 13-day trial…