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Erika Jayne appears to be headed to trial after failing to settle out of court with the trustee presiding over the bankruptcy case of her estranged husband, Thomas Girardi.
According to a recent court document shared by attorney Ronald Richards on Instagram, the 54-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has “little options” as her trial date for the trustee’s $25 million lawsuit is scheduled for early next year.
“Settlement talks have broken down completely between [Erika Jayne] and the Trustee. A motion was also filed to gut any remaining defenses she had due to admissions in the Psaila case. Pretrial hearing is less than 30 days away with a 2/10/26 trial date now a real thing. Erika has little options. Panic sitting in,” Ronald captioned the December 24 post.
Along with his message, Ronald included a screenshot of a joint status report, which listed Elissa D. Miller, who sued Erika in April 2022, as the plaintiff and Erika and her companies, including EJ Global, as the defendants.
The document also confirmed a pre-trial conference set for January 21, 2026, at 1:30 p.m., and a trial date scheduled for February 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m.
As for the Psaila case that Ronald mentioned, Erika was accused of falsely claiming that Christoper Psaila‘s design firm, Marco Marco, made $800,000 in fraudulent charges to her American Express card, leading him to file an $18 million lawsuit against her (fellow designer Marco Morante filed his own case against Erika in Florida).
As she continues to face claims of extortion and plotting to ruin the designers’ careers, Erika could be headed to trial in the case as well.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
