Category: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

When her children were growing up, Kathy Hilton raised Paris, Nicky, Barron, and Conrad in luxurious close quarters at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in NYC. They lived in the residential part, called The Towers. The Waldorf was available for them to live because Kathy’s husband’s grandfather Richard Hilton, had bought the Waldorf in the 1940s before he had even formed Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1946.

Almost a year ago Erika Girardi filed for divorce from Tom Girardi. Soon after the filing, a deluge of lawsuits and scandals hit Tom and Erika after it was revealed that Tom was embezzling money from his clients. This summer, Erika was sued for $25 million because her company received loans from Tom’s law firm. Throughout all of this mess, Erika and Tom have not yet had their divorce finalized. Why?

Eden Sassoon, the 48-year-old daughter of legendary hair icon Vidal Sassoon, appeared on Season 7 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which aired in 2016-17. Eden only spent one season with the fiery cast, what’s she up to now?

In a preview clip for Part 2 of the Season 11 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion, Erika Girardi explains why she felt she could not have left Tom earlier than she did. She says she had nowhere to go because she did not control her own finances and she gave Tom all of her paychecks, including her Bravo salary.

Before Tom Girardi’s fall from grace, he was a celebrated lawyer supposedly fighting for the vulnerable and victimized. Part of this hero clout came from his work in the historic “Erin Brockovich case.” He stepped in to help Ed Masry and his assistant Erin Brockovich take on Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1993 for contaminating the groundwater of Hinkley, California. The case was settled in 1996 for $333 million, a record-setting amount.

On episode 19 of Season 11 (Over-poured and Over-board) of RHOBH Erika Girardi eatold castmate Kyle Richards that she had “zero dollars.” She is still renting million houses, but her financial situation is precarious right now as she has gone from extreme wealth to living in downgraded luxury and worrying about making rent. Although every word she says on RHOBH is picked apart and scrutinized, her recently revealed salary shows the franchise is a life-raft for her. A New York Times article published October 9, 2021, says Erika’s salary for this season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is “likely . . . more than $600,000.”

Erika Jayne has previously hinted that she might be working with the government in a case during an episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills this year. Because of the multi-million dollar embezzlement allegations against her husband Tom Girardi, some people assumed she was talking about working with the feds against Tom. Now, a lawyer who’s suing her is backing up her claims, but says the case were she wore a wire for the government was a much different case where she was a victim of credit card fraud.

Denise Richards is missing from this season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after being at the center of the drama for the previous season. Season 10 Denise dealt with Brandi Glanville claiming that the two had had an affair. Denise denied this happened, and says she didn’t cheat on her husband. She seemed to struggle with navigate the chatter and accusations coming from the other women, but looking back she says filming the show was a lot of fun and she wouldn’t mind coming back.