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Where Is Tom Girardi Now? His Life 5 Years After Fraud Scandal
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NEED TO KNOW
- In 2020, famed lawyer Tom Girardi was accused of stealing from clients
- Girardi was previously married to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne, who filed for divorce in 2020
- On June 3, Girardi was sentenced to seven years in prison
Tom Girardi was once a powerhouse attorney known for suing large corporations and extracting huge settlements for his clients. Now, he will go to prison for seven years for stealing from them.
On June 3, Girardi was sentenced by a federal judge in the Central District of California. In August 2024, he was convicted of four counts of wire fraud after embezzling millions from his clients.
Girardi — who was portrayed in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich — began experiencing his personal and professional downfall in late 2020. That November, his wife of 21 years, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne, filed for divorce.
Within the next month, the once-famed lawyer found himself in the center of a complicated web of legal controversies: He was accused of stealing client funds for his own personal spending; he was sued by his former law firm partners; and his law firm, Girardi Keese, was forced into involuntary bankruptcy.
Girardi was diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in March 2021, and placed under the conservatorship of his younger brother, Robert, in July. In 2022, Girardi was officially disbarred by the state of California after being investigated for more than 200 disciplinary matters over his 40-year law career. In February 2023, he was indicted by two separate federal grand juries — one in Los Angeles and one in Chicago — for allegedly misappropriating $18 million in client settlement money, according to the Los Angeles Times. (A judge later dismissed the charges in the Chicago case ahead of his California sentencing, per Reuters.)
Here is everything to know about where Tom Girardi is now — from the status of his legal woes to his future behind bars.
What happened at Tom Girardi’s federal trial in California?
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After Girardi was indicted on five counts of wire fraud by a federal jury in California in February 2023, his legal team argued that the disbarred lawyer was incompetent to stand trial due to his declining mental state. But in January 2024, a judge declared Girardi competent to stand trial.
During Girardi’s 13-day 2024 trial, Girardi spoke publicly about the fraud and embezzlement charges against him for the first time when he took the stand to testify in his own defense. According to the Los Angeles Times, the disgraced lawyer denied any wrongdoing while testifying, insisting that “every client got every penny that every client was supposed to get.”
Girardi and his lawyers attempted to shift the blame to Christopher Kamon, the CFO of the now-closed law firm. In their closing arguments, Girardi’s defense team portrayed their client as an “elderly man with cognitive decline” and alleged that the theft of client money was “Mr. Kamon’s scheme,” the Los Angeles Times reported. Prosecutors, however, painted Girardi as the “thief in chief” who ran a “house of cards … built on lies.”
What was the verdict at Tom Girardi’s federal trial in California?
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In 2024, Girardi was found guilty of embezzling more than $15 million from his clients over a span of 10 years.
The jury deliberated for just four hours, according to the Los Angeles Times, and voted to convict Girardi on four counts of federal wire fraud. One juror, Miguel Lopez, said that the verdict “wasn’t a hard decision,” per the Los Angeles Times.
“Tom Girardi built celebrity status and lured in victims by falsely portraying himself as a ‘Champion of Justice,’ ” United States Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement following the guilty verdict. “In reality, he was a Robin-Hood-in-reverse, stealing from the needy to support a lavish, Hollywood lifestyle. Today’s verdict shows that the game is up — we can all now see this defendant for what he was and the victims he callously betrayed.”
What was Tom Girardi’s prison sentence?
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On June 3, Girardi was sentenced to seven years in prison, after facing up to 80 years. He was also ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution to victims and a $35,000 fine, according to NBC News.
U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton issued the sentence, decrying Girardi for using clients’ settlement money on “private jets and country clubs,” per the Los Angeles Times.
In a victim impact statement, Joseph Ruigomez — who enlisted Girardi’s help after suffering burns over 90% of his body in a 2010 gas line explosion — said that Girardi was “supposed to be a beacon of hope.” Instead, the case turned into a years-long “a nightmare,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
What was Erika Girardi’s response to Tom Girardi’s guilty verdict?
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Erika spoke out on her former husband’s legal woes in an interview with Extra’s Billy Bush in November 2024.
“Tom was convicted and that was hard,” she said. “You know, it’s hard to see someone that you loved and respected and honored end like this.”
She continued, “But I also really have to let go and move on. There’s nothing left for me there, I can do nothing about it. It’s beyond my control. But what I can control is the future of my life.”
Erika filed for divorce from Girardi in November 2020 after 21 years of marriage. While they are legally separated, their divorce has stalled due to Girardi’s conservatorship and legal troubles.
Where is Tom Girardi now?
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Girardi has been ordered to surrender to authorities by July 17, according to The Guardian.
Girardi’s lawyers have plans to appeal his conviction, per the Los Angeles Times.
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Jennifer Lopez busts a move in lace-up jeans from 2001 ‘Ain’t It Funny’ music video

Jennifer Lopez is giving us nostalgia served hot!
The pop star, 56, slipped into the exact same jeans she wore in her 2001 “Ain’t It Funny” music video to re-create an “Off Campus” scene with actress Mika Abdalla.
For the cheeky clip — which Lopez posted on social media — she paired the ultra-low-slung lace-up denim with a white cropped turtleneck that made the most of her impressive abs.
“It’s a new Jeneration of party people…🎶,” she captioned the video, giving a nod to lyrics from her 2011 collaboration with Pitbull, “On the Floor.”
One observant X user commented on the singer’s “INSANE” pants and shared a snippet from the “Ain’t It Funny” video.
Lopez confirmed the fan’s suspicions by replying, “They’re the same ones from that video 😀.”
As for Abdalla, she went with her own throwback-inspired look by pairing a brown backless halter top with baggy jeans and a vintage belt.
The clip began with the 26-year-old standing outside Lopez’s dance studio while mouthing her “Off Campus” co-star Khobe Clarke’s line, “I don’t know her personally, but I’m pretty sure that’s J.Lo.”
Abdalla then made her way inside to find the Grammy nominee rehearsing with her crew.
Lopez turned around and mouthed back, “Oh, my God. Wait. This is me! Now!” which Abdalla’s character, Allie Hayes, squealed in a now-viral scene from Prime Video’s new romantic drama series — while wearing a replica of J.Lo’s iconic 2000 Grammys Versace jungle dress.
“Love this shooooww,” the songstress — who gave the plunging gown a second lap while closing Versace’s spring 2020 runway show in Milan — gushed alongside a clip of the aforementioned scene.
Meanwhile, Abdalla recently described just how much work went into creating the “unreal” garment, telling Betches UK that “five fittings” were involved.
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‘Euphoria’ kills off Jacob Elordi’s Nate Jacobs

He’s not feeling euphoric.
Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you’ve watched “Euphoria’s” seventh episode of Season 3.
“Euphoria” catapulted Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney and Zendaya into their current status as A-listers, and now, one has been axed from the show.
Season 3 killed Elordi’s controversial character, Nate Jacobs.
He was buried alive in a coffin, with a pipe leading to the surface so that he could breathe. A rattlesnake slithered down the pipe and bit him.
He had been placed there by Naz (Jack Topalian), the gangster he owes about a million dollars to.
Naz’s plan was to leave Nate down there (with a pipe to breathe) for 72 hours while his wife, Cassie (Sweeney) could get the money together.
Unfortunately for Nate, before 72 hours was up, a snake got him. Naz also didn’t make it out alive, as he was fatally shot by Season 3’s other gangster, Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). Cassie and Maddy (Alexa Demie) scrambled to get the money together as Nate got dug up, but they got a nasty surprise, as they were met with his dead body.
In the “inside the episode” segment at the end, Elordi said in his post-mortem interview, “It was a cool way to go, Nate is somebody who’s made so many mistakes and so many dark choices.”
First premiering in 2019, the Sam Levinson-created drama initially followed its characters in high school. Elordi, Zendaya and Sweeney were lesser known at the time.
“Euphoria changed my life,” Elordi, 28, told Variety in 2023.
“Saltburn” was the Australian star’s big-screen breakout that same year. Per Vogue Australia, his “Wuthering Heights” co-star Margot Robbie (who produced “Saltburn”) suggested him for the role at the time after watching him in “Euphoria.”
The “Frankenstein” star told GQ UK in 2023 that before landing on the HBO show, “I wasn’t booking jobs. I think I had – I don’t know, $400 or $800 left in my bank account – and ‘Euphoria’ was my last audition before I went home for a little while to make some money and recuperate.”
In the first two seasons, Nate was the show’s villain. He was a high school jock with anger issues – he manipulated, threatened and blackmailed everyone around him, choked his then-girlfriend, Maddy (Alexa Demi), and struck up a relationship with her best friend, Cassie (Sweeney).
Nate’s issues stemmed from finding his father Cal’s (Eric Dane) sex tapes at a young age.
In Season 3, which is set five years after high school, Nate had a dramatically different personality.
His rage issues inexplicably seemed vanished, his demeanor was softer and nicer and he appeared to genuinely love Cassie (instead of using her, like he was in Season 2).
Instead of being menacing, he did a goofy dance at his wedding. After he didn’t get his way in front of a board of bureucrats, rather than blackmail or threaten them, he just pathetically cried and begged.
Outraged fans criticized “Euphoria” for Nate’s inexplicable personality change and slammed it for giving the character a “lobotomy.”
Season 3 saw Nate take over his dad’s construction business, but he ran into issues when he had to stop his build because of an endangered flower – the white fritillary.
The show also revealed that he conned people into giving him money for his construction projects, including the gangster Naz.
In the third episode of Season 3, when Nate didn’t pay Naz the half a million dollars he owed him, Naz interrupted Nate and Cassie’s wedding and had him brutally beaten on his wedding night. It all culminated in Naz cutting off Nate’s toe. However, Nate later got it sewn back on.
Topalian exclusively told Page Six that Elordi did most of his own stunts during the scene where Naz’s henchmen threw Nate around.
“That’s [Elordi] really doing the struggling and the fighting and the falling and all of that,” he told us.
He called Elordi “committed,” “giving,” and “prepared,” but “between scenes, he’s back to being Jacob.”
“Obviously, he gets back into character really quickly,” he went on. “But once [the director calls ‘cut’] even though he’s been beaten and abused, he’s still having a lot of fun. He’s still cracking jokes and doing things like that.”
Elordi told Entertainment Weekly in November that his acting process was different in Season 3. He noted that he likes to “obsess over” his work, and take the time to prepare by going through “every element and construct it and put it together.”
The booked and busy actor – who was in “Frankenstein” and “Wuthering Heights” back to back – noted that he had “no time” to prepare for Season 3.
“And I didn’t have scripts in any kind of full sense. I sort of just had creative conversations with Sam, so I had no choice.”
The “Priscilla” actor also noted that he “loves” Nate, even though most fans hate him.
“I act to understand a different experience, to express an experience that’s different to my own,” said Elordi. “Playing him taught me a lot about empathy and patience, which is strange with a character like that.”
Elordi also told the outlet that Nate’s dark deeds didn’t bother him.
“It’s a real treat to be a part of that show, and to play the quote-unquote bad guy,” he said. “It’s always more fun. You don’t wanna play some morally superior, world-saving loser.”
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Robert De Niro had no idea ‘Taxi Driver’ would become a classic

You talkin’ to him?
Robert De Niro had no idea his 1976 film “Taxi Driver” would be lauded as a classic.
“You never can think that you’re doing something that’s going to have an impact,” the actor, 82, exclusively explained to Page Six in a recent interview alongside his fellow Tribeca Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal to promote next month’s event.
The Oscar winner “just never look[s] at it that way,” he adding, noting that success is “out of your control.”
The neo-noir drama, directed by Martin Scorsese, stars De Niro as an unhinged taxi driver named Travis Bickle, whose mental state deteriorates over the course of the movie.
De Niro acted in the iconic role alongside Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, and Albert Brooks.
The project generated controversy at the time for graphic violence and 12-year-old Foster’s casting as a child sex worker — and, later, for inspiring John Hinckley Jr.’s attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
Nevertheless, it is considered one of the greatest movies ever made and, in 1994, was designated as “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant by the U.S. Library of Congress when selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The movie, which turned 50 this year, is being screened at the June film festival — and De Niro and Scorsese, 83, will reunite for a conversation about the project.
Their sitdown is just one of many special talks and screenings taking place at this year’s 25th Tribeca Festival.
Not only are interviews with Madonna, Sean Penn and Josh Safdie also scheduled, but there will be special anniversary screenings of “Cable Guy” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary.”
“There are so many great things to see,” Rosenthal told us. “There’s so much music, everybody from Earth, Wind and Fire and Madonna to Noga Erez and Sarah Bareilles and Peter Frampton.
“There’s just a lot to see,” the 69-year-old continued, stressing that the festival is “a welcome festival for all New Yorkers [with] tickets available” now.
The annual event, which runs from June 3 through June 14, was established in 2002 to spur the revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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