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The 84-year-old Girardi — estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne — is facing multiple counts of wire fraud, a crime carrying a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years on each count.

Tom Girardi was deemed competent to stand trial in his fraud case, and now a date has been set for him to face the music.

A week after he was found competent, lawyer Tom Girardi was ordered to go on trial May 21 on charges of embezzling $15 million from five clients.

The 84-year-old Girardi — estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne — is facing multiple counts of wire fraud, a crime carrying a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years on each count.

A week after he was found competent, lawyer Tom Girardi was ordered to go on trial May 21 on charges of embezzling $15 million from five clients.

Girardi, 83, sat stone-faced as a magistrate judge, a prosecutor and two public defenders appointed to represent him discussed his mental health.

The head of the FBI's Los Angeles field office has formally recused himself from the ongoing federal investigation into fraud and corruption by Tom Girardi and others at his now-defunct law firm, an agency spokesperson confirmed Saturday.

The FBI field office in Los Angeles is leading the investigation into Tom Girardi's former law firm. Its top official won't talk about his and his mother's relationship with the disgraced lawyer.

The bankruptcy trustee for Girardi Keese implied the scandal-plagued California plaintiffs firm may have been insolvent as early as 2015 in a one-sided exchange with its former chief financial officer, who refused to answer a series of probing questions.

ADVERTISEMENT Girardi Firm May Have Been Insolvent In 2015, Trustee Implies Law360 (May 18, 2021, 6:28 PM EDT) -- The bankruptcy trustee for Girardi Keese implied the scandal-plagued California plaintiffs firm may have been insolvent as early as 2015 in a one-sided exchange with its former chief financial officer, who refused to answer a series of probing questions. In a remote hearing for Girardi Keese creditors held Tuesday morning, the firms liquidation trustee, Elissa Miller of SulmeyerKup...