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Erika Jayne's Ex Tom Girardi Breaks Silence On Witness Stand -- DENIES Stealing Clients' Money In Tense Standoff With Prosecutor!

Tom Girardi took the stand in his own defense on Thursday. It's the first time he's publicly spoken up in the case of the alleged large-scale fraud he and

As you’ll no doubt recall, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne ‘s estranged husband is the focus of a major lawsuit over the compensation granted to the families of those who died in the Lion Air Flight 610 crash in Indonesia. The 85-year-old and his now-shuttered law firm Girardi Keese are accused of winning hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation on behalf of those families, and then cheating them out of the money in a mind-blowing fraud and embezzlement scheme. Former federal prosecutor Michael Weinstein, who is not involved with this case, explained to the Times that Girardi’s presence in the witness box — especially amid his defense hinging on his supposed cognitive decline — is a MASSIVE risk:

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