Erika Girardi.Photo: Tommy Garcia/Bravo
Erika Girardisays she’s unable to pay her tax bill, which allegedly amounts to more than $2 million.
The filing states that Erika, 50, received a notice regarding her tax payments in May 2022.
“I am in the midst of trying to figure out the basis of this tax bill with the assistance of my business manager, who is also an accountant,” the document reads. “I do not have the ability to pay the [California Franchise Tax Board] tax bill.”
TheReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar said she didn’t know if the tax board was “claiming any sort of lien” in reference to her $750,000 earrings that were centered in her estranged husbandTom Girardi’s2020 bankruptcy case.
Erika Girardi.Amy Sussman/Getty
In the recent June 14 filing, Erika stated, “I never worked at the law firm of GK. I never managed the finances of GK. I never had access to or knew anything about how TG or GK managed any of their client trust accounts.”
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Erika also outlined her own assets — primarily her income from theReal Housewivesfranchise — and added a note about her relationship with Tom, 83.
“During our marriage, I believed that TG and GK were financially successful, extremely wealthy, and made large amounts of money,” she stated, adding that Tom and his law firm “handled all of our marital finances” after they wed and that she had “absolutely no involvement in or knowledge” of their actions.
The legal drama surrounding Erika and Tom began when shefiled for divorcein November 2020 after 21 years of marriage.
Erika has also been accused of conspiring with Tom and using her “notoriety” tohide assetsas a bankruptcy trustee investigates him and his firm.
Amid the ongoing scandal, Tom wasdiagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s diseaseand was placed under atemporary conservatorshipin February 2021, which was thenmade permanentmonths later that July. He is currentlyliving in a “skilled nursing facility,“court documents previously revealed.
source: people.com
