Erica-Jane’s estranged husband Tom Girardi has given more than $1 million in gifts and payments to the state bar California the investigator and his wife, according to the latest information.

Last month, disgraced attorney Girardi, 83, was accused of stealing $18 million from customers including the grieving families of the victims of the 2018 Lion Air crash. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Girardi already faces a mountain of civil lawsuits alleging he stole money from his law firm. The alleged fraud and theft first came to light in 2020, around the same time RHOBH star Erika filed for divorce. In August 2021, he was deprived of legal rights.

The reports detail how Girardi maintained an “extensive network of connections at all levels” within the California Bar Association, which is tasked with regulating the legal profession — dozens of client complaints against Girardi were dismissed without any action being taken.

Then-state bar investigator Tom Layton, his wife, Rose, and the company they ran together received more than $600,000 in payments from Girardi’s law firm, Girardi Keesey, during Layton’s tenure.

The alleged fraud and theft first came to light in 2020, around the same time RHOBH star Erica filed for divorce. He was stripped of his federal career in August 2021 (pictured in 2016)

Girardi Keese also leased several cars from Layton over the years and gave him a credit card that he used to pay for routine expenses, with Layton taking out an average of $45,000 a year between 2013 and 2020.

In 2006, Layton obtained a $150,000 bank loan guaranteed by Girardi and paid off by Girardi to Kesey.

The report also says Girardi Keesey hired Layton’s two children while their father was at the state bar, while Girardi is the godfather of Layton’s daughter — and the pair’s relationship is described by one witness as a “father-son” bond.

The report shows several handouts “were never properly disclosed.” Layton was fired from the association in 2015,

The report said: “Although we found no evidence that Layton was assigned or made discretionary decisions on any Girardi case, there is evidence that he assisted Girardi in disciplinary matters in other ways.”

The reports also describe how Girardi’s “unethical and unacceptable behavior went unchecked for so long, and reveal systemic organizational dysfunction that persisted over many years and through numerous leadership changes.”

Eight of Girardi’s cases were also found to have been closed by individuals who had conflicts of interest while working on the cases.

The report shows that their conflicts influenced their decisions to close the cases. Additionally, between 2013 and 2015, the offices of the executive director and general counsel received reports of Girardi’s influence on the state bar and ties to Layton and others, but did not investigate, the report found.

189 people died in the crash of Lion Air flight JT-610. Girardi and his firm represented five victims’ relatives, but stole $3 million from their settlements

Then-state bar investigator Tom Layton, his wife Rose and the company they ran together received more than $600,000 in payments from Girardi’s law firm, Girardi Keesey, during Layton’s tenure – Girardi pictured in 2019

The first of the two reports was prepared by attorney Alize Lazar, who was brought in by the state bar in 2021 to review 115 files of past complaints against Girardi. Her review, which was limited to investigative file documents, found numerous cases where complaints were closed without a full investigation or despite the development of facts requiring disciplinary action.

The second report was prepared by a third-party law firm hired by the state bar to conduct an investigation that included interviewing 74 witnesses.

That report details instances in which Girardi’s attempts to buy relationships and influence the state bar at all levels likely influenced the handling of some complaints against him, resulting in those complaints being improperly dismissed.

On at least one occasion, Girardi successfully used his bar connections to discourage people from complaining about him.

The bar association said none of the individuals whose unethical behavior is alleged are still affiliated with or employed by the agency in any capacity.

The attempted corruption extended to at least nine former state bar employees or board members who accepted valuables, travel or meals from a then-attorney who is now facing federal charges, the bar association found.

Ruben Duran, chairman of the state bar’s board of trustees, said, “The scale and duration of the violations reveal ongoing institutional failures and a shocking past culture of unethical and unacceptable behavior” at the California State Bar.

After he was disbarred last year, the state bar said it had received 205 complaints against Girardi alleging he embezzled money, abandoned clients and committed other serious ethics violations during his four decades in prison. eri.

On Feb. 1, grand juries in Chicago and Los Angeles indicted Girardi for stealing $3 million from plane crash victims and another $15 million from other clients.

On February 6, Girardi pleaded not guilty on his own behalf.

Girardi was charged in federal court in Los Angeles with wire fraud for allegedly stealing millions from clients including an Arizona widow whose husband died in a boating accident, a Los Angeles couple involved in a car crash that left their son paralyzed, and of a man who suffered severe burns in the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion.

As one of the most prominent lawyers in the country, Girardi took on cases against powerful corporations, movie studios and Pacific Gas and Electric that resulted in a $333 million settlement that was featured in the 2000 Julia Roberts film Erin Brockovich.

He and Erica Jane have separated but have not yet finalized their divorce. In 2020, she filed for divorce.

Last month, Jane teased that fans would be hearing from her about Girardi’s legal troubles “soon” after saying she wasn’t worried about “her situation.”

Tom’s worth was once estimated at $264 million, and after the scandal, the couple moved out of their luxury mansion in Pasadena.

The reports detail how Girardi maintained an “extensive network of connections at all levels” within the California Bar Association, which is tasked with regulating the legal profession — dozens of client complaints against Girardi were dismissed without any action being taken. (pictured with Erica-Jane)

Girardi lives in a nursing home. His wife publicly stated that he suffers from dementia and was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2021.

It remains unclear whether he will be found fit to stand trial. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

In June it became known that she was struggling to pay off the $2,226,985.77 in taxes – despite her refusing to “downsize” her glamor team, which is rumored to be worth 40k a month.

Jane, 51, previously said on an episode of RHOBH: “You can cut back, and we cut back, right?” There are certain things you don’t discount and that’s your glamour.’