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Erica Jane Back to the spotlight. For many months, The real housewife of Beverly Hills The star moved away from public interviews. Now, however, the 50-year-old is ready to tell the side of his story.
After Erica left her husband Tom Girardy In 2020, a one-time prominent lawyer was accused of embezzling funds from his former clients. Erica’s name is also in the case against him.
In an interview with Dr. Michael Rapaport On Wendy Williams showThe host asked what it was like to film RHOBH During his legal trouble.
“It was the darkest time of my life,” he said, “but I signed a contract, and I had a promise and I had to show up for it, and I had nothing to hide so I wasn’t going to run, so when everyone was ‘You don’t show up, you don’t show up,’ I said, ‘yes, I do.’
He added, “When something like this happens to you, you really find out who you are, but more importantly, you find out who your friends are.”
Erica explained, “There were some days when I couldn’t really put it together but it was up to me to pull myself out of that hole and that’s what I had to do.”
The pop singer then revealed that she was receiving death threats, which were “terrible” because she did not know which threats were real and which were harmful.
“And I live in an area [where] A lot of people know where I live, so you know some people are knocking on my door …
Host Michael was shocked by Erica’s announcement and asked if they were men, women or children. “That’s all,” he replied. “[They ask] ‘Erica here?’ And you know I’m hiding behind the drape. “
Michael asked Erica to explain the difference between a civil case and a criminal case.
“[I’m dealing with] Civil staff, not criminal things, “he said.” It’s as simple as that: civil means civil liability, punishment, money. Criminal means you go to jail. He shared that his case is “ongoing. That’s the law – long and hard.”
Michael asked if the lawsuits had changed his view of what was important (after all Glitz and Glam had been involved). He replied, “It was fun, and then, you know … life really, yes, it changed that I’m at my core. I think that’s the way I look at my people, the way I look at the world.” I have a lot of sympathy and understanding for those who are really fighting for themselves. “
“You’ve been thrown into a situation where your back is really against the wall, it’s a tough place. So whenever I see someone really struggling or something like that I always try to reach out and say, ‘Are you okay? I understand. “
“There’s some light at the end of the tunnel,” Erica said of her current battle. “These things will be fixed but, again, it takes time … Today, unlike a year ago, I’m in a much better place.”
Regarding her divorce from Tom, Erica explained: “She calls, you know, and Tom lives in Memory Care. She has dementia, Alzheimer’s, which was something I got up early and said, ‘Hey, we have some changes here,’ but everyone blew me away, and He It blew me away, and I can only do so much. “
He added, “So here we are. He calls, and I take his call, and it’s usually like five or ten seconds and sometimes he thinks I’m someone else… it’s hard, I think because embezzlement and this There’s so much about all the bad things that people forget that I’ve been married to this guy for 20 years, so it’s hard to cut that jack like a jar of emotion … there’s still that human element there. It was really sad for everyone. “
The star is dating again now, but Erica will not use the dating app because she is afraid of strangers. “I need to know someone who knows someone,” he explained.
Erica also gave an update about her friend Dorit Kemsley, Who was robbed at gunpoint in his home. “She is OK. I mean, he’s really tough mentally but something like that can really take you down. It’s just two people coming, or two or three… holding a gun to him. Another is saying, ‘Kill him, kill him, kill him. Where are our things? Where is our thing, ‘and you know, it’s hard. He’s in therapy, he’s doing everything he can to get her out. “
“It was awful. I mean, I got the call that morning because it happened at night and I was in my kitchen. Because she was our friend and her husband was out of town and how can we help. ”
Erica then explains why she threw up recently Garcel BeauvaisBook in Trash: “When [Garcelle] Erica says, ‘I don’t have to make myself look bad, you can do it on your own,’ well, he took the piece and posted it on Instagram to promote his book, ‘You know how you can make yourself look bad. , Don’t buy my book, ‘and I said,’ Oh, that’s what we’re doing, okay, Trash. ‘
“Look, when they swing first, you have to swing back,” Erica said. “I’ll never start a problem, but I won’t let you go, as you know.”
Erica doesn’t agree either Sutton streakIts a sensitive comment after the attack on Dorit’s house. “I know we’re on a television show and in the guise of entertainment but here’s the reality: Dorit could lose her life, and so can those kids, so don’t tell me, ‘Oh well I’m just stuck in it’ … [Sutton]Of 50, I 50. We are not children, we know what was coming out of our mouths.
He concluded the interview, “Crime is real … and you have to be sensitive to people who are victims of crime, you know, a violent crime.”
Although Erica is still facing lawsuits, her name was fired from one of them in January.
At the time, his lawyer said Page six“I want to see [the plaintiff] And everyone else will take the road ahead and not complain against Erica without proof. “