‘RHOBH’ Cast Finds Out About Erika Jayne, Tom Girardi Divorce

Unraveling. The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills teased how the solid figured out about Erika Jayne and estranged partner Tom Girardi’s divorce.

In a preview that aired at the conclude of the Wednesday, June 2, episode, a shocked Kyle Richards read a team text and then FaceTimed her costars Lisa Rinna and Dorit Kemsley.

“What is going on? Did you have any notion?” Dorit, 44, questioned, to which Kyle, 52, responded, “No notion!”

Lisa, 57, chimed in to protect Erika’s secrecy. “It’s Erika,” she described. “She experienced to do it like this. She couldn’t tell anyone.”

Having said that, Kyle nevertheless could not conceal her shock. “What the hell?” she remarked.

Erika, 49, has but to hint at difficulty in her relationship all through period 11 of the reality collection. Previously in the Wednesday episode, she gushed around Tom, 81, declaring “one of the things she enjoys most about” him is that “he lets me be myself.”

In spite of the notion that everything was wonderful amongst the few, enthusiasts know that the Television personality filed for divorce in November 2020 right after 20 years of relationship.

“After a lot consideration, I have made the decision to close my marriage to Tom Girardi,” she reported in a assertion at the time. “This is not a phase taken frivolously or very easily. I have fantastic adore and regard for Tom and for our many years and the lives we designed jointly. It is my complete wish to move forward as a result of this method with respect and with the privateness that both of those Tom and I are entitled to. I request many others give us that privateness as well.”

Us Weekly solely discovered in December 2020 that the split would be a tale line for the duration of season 11. “Erika will deal with her divorce on the impending time of The Genuine Housewives of Beverly Hills. Lawfully, there is only so a great deal she is permitted to say, but she has been encouraged on what she can set out there,” a supply instructed Us. “Viewers will also eventually listen to the other Housewives’ views on Erika and Tom’s divorce.”

There should really be a lot to talk about way too. A course action agency sued Erika and Tom in December 2020 for fraud and embezzlement. Court docket files obtained by Us at the time claimed that their divorce was “simply a sham try to fraudulently guard Tom’s and Erika’s money from these that request to acquire on debts owed by Tom and his law agency GK.”

Tom and his organization, Girardi Keese, have been sued in a 2nd lawsuit that thirty day period for allegedly breaching a written agreement and dialogue with Wells Fargo Vendor Fiscal Products and services.

Amid the lawful drama, Tom’s attorney claimed in December 2020 that he had been hospitalized “due to a critical ailment.” Us verified in March that he was diagnosed with late-onset Alzheimer’s and dementia. His brother Robert Girardi was named the short term conservator of his estate and private matters in February.

A resource explained to Us in December 2020 that Erika “was absolutely unaware of the incredibly major allegations” in opposition to the previous attorney and now “feels betrayed by Tom due to the fact she entirely trusted him.”

Multiple insiders unveiled in December 2020 that the “XXPEN$IVE” singer also thought Tom cheated on her for the duration of their marriage. She launched text messages from his alleged mistress afterwards that thirty day period, proclaiming by using her Instagram Tale that the female was “f–king my partner.”

In the year 11 trailer, Erika broke her silence on the messy divorce, telling her costars that she “did not see it ending this way” and she initially supposed to “hold that man’s hand until eventually he died.” She later on alleged that she “did not” get a warning about the lawsuits.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.

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