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The sale of a potentially $25 million legal claim against Erika Jayne for $2 million was approved by a Los Angeles bankruptcy court Thursday.
Trustee Elissa D. Miller was given a clearance by the court to sell the rights to a $25 million lawsuit against Jayne in a fraudulent conveyance case, according to legal docs reviewed by the Daily Mail.
The rights were sold to LHA Land LLC, who will pursue the Bravo star, 54, for recoupment of $25 million her ex-husband Tom Girardi's firm had on its books related to her expenses.
Jayne previously has denied allegations of wrongdoing, claiming she was not aware of her estranged husband's financial problems.
Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Jayne for further comment on the story.
Trustee attorney Ronald Richards told the Daily Mail that he was 'satisfied' with the results of Thursday's court ruling.
'I've spent five years pursuing Erika Girardi to bring justice to the victims of her husband's fraud,' he said. 'I am satisfied that those efforts have resulted in creating a value of $2 million to the' trustees.
Richards continued, 'Hopefully that money will go to reimburse the victims who lost their hard-earned settlements as a result of her husband's fraudulent behavior.'
Tom Girardi, 86, in June of 2025 was sentenced to more than seven years in prison following his 2024 conviction after he was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud.
Jayne, who parted ways with Girardi in 2020 after a 21-year marriage, spoke about the ongoing litigation in a reunion episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills which aired Thursday.
Asked by host Andy Cohen what she would do if she loses the $25 million civil fraud lawsuit, Jayne said, 'You can file for bankruptcy, or you can fight it out in court.'
Jayne, appearing in the first installment of the reunion show, continued, 'You can go to trial, you can cut a deal, you can die in the streets - I have no idea.'
Girardi, a one-time personal injury attorney, was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud, following a trial that lasted 13 days in August of 2024.
Prosecutors said that he had defrauded his clients of more than $15 million over a decade-long span from 2010 to 2020.
