‘RHOBH’ Star Erika Jayne Breaks Silence on Ex-Husband Tom Girardi’s Prison Sentence: ‘It Just Hurts’

Erika Jayne has broken her silence on her ex-husband Tom Girardi’s prison sentence.

On the Friday, June 13 episode of the Diamonds in the Rough podcast, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 53, opened up about learning Girardi’s fate earlier this month.

Jayne says she was across the pond in London at the time for a series of performances. “Ten minutes before the second show, I get the news that Tom is being sent to prison… It just hurts,” she explained. “It reopens old healing wounds, and it is something that, you know, I had a sold-out crowd in a theater just for me, and I was so grateful.”

“My happiest place in the whole world to be is on stage,” she continued. “So while I was happy … there’s a little piece [of me] that was like, ‘Ugh.’”

The reality star admitted she felt “disappointed” because the shock of the news resulted in not giving it her all on stage.

“I felt like five percent of myself was feeling sorry for myself,” she shared. “I was 95 percent there, and five percent of myself was feeling sorry for myself.”

Thankfully, noted Jayne, the crowd “loved” the show — despite the fact that she was “fighting back thoughts and emotions” throughout.

Last August, Girardi — once a prominent Los Angeles attorney — was found guilty of four counts of fraud after it was determined that he embezzled over $15 million from his clients at his former law firm, Girardi Keese.

He was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $35,000 fine and $2.3 million in restitution to victims on June 3 — which also happened to be his 86th birthday.

The “XXPEN$IVE” singer and Girardi were married for two decades before she filed for divorce in November 2020 — just two months before a lawsuit was filed accusing them of embezzling settlement funds that were intended to assist the families of Lion Air Flight 610 victims. (Jayne was cleared of any wrongdoing in 2022.)

In July 2021, the DWTS alum and her ex were the focus of Hulu’s The Housewife and the Hustler documentary, in which Girardi’s alleged victims spoke out about their experiences.

That same year, Girardi was diagnosed with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but was later deemed competent enough to stand trial in the case.