Back in 2017, when the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 7 was airing, Lisa Rinna found herself embroiled in speculation that she had a substance abuse problem, primarily with the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, based on several jokes she made.
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.
Boutique owner Sutton Stracke, who has been inspired to take the LSAT because of her costar Erika Girardi marital and legal issues, revealed the cold way her realtor boyfriend Michael Mahoney broke up with her on Valentine’s Day, 2021.
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.”
One of the stars of Season 11’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has been the nearly ever-present caviar, a staple of wealth-signaling that currently costs starting around $200 per ounce. Here’s a run-down off all the black-egged decadence we’ve seen this season while the women try to suss out what’s really going on Erika Jayne.
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.
RHONY alum Bethenny Frankel has revealed that she knew about the legal and money troubles Tom Girardi was in for years because Tom owed her deceased fiancé Dennis Shields $500,000. Dennis died in 2018 from an overdose.
Tom Girardi has reportedly been living in an assisted living facility, but yesterday Page Six reported that he spent time with a friend having lunch at an expensive restaurant. After he left he was asked by a reporter: “Did Erika know anything?”
On Wednesday night’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Girardi revealed that Tom Girardi’s family wanted to put him in an assisted living facility, what is colloquially referred to as a “nursing home.” She says she read about this in the news, and doesn’t want Tom’s family to place him in this type of care. She even accuses his family of abandoning him to avoid “the stain” of the lawsuits and scandals he’s mired in. Tom had since been photographed outside of an assisted living facility.