Erika Jayne ‘Hoped’ Her Ex-Husband Would ‘Die’ Before His 7-Yr Sentence

Erika Jayne has confessed she “type of hoped” her ex-husband Tom Girardi died before starting his prison sentence.

Girardi, who was disbarred from practicing law in 2022, was found guilty of committing wire fraud and was handed a 7-year prison sentence.

Erika Jayne has since moved on together with her recent boyfriend and recently revealed that she’s “pleased” with him after they each went on a visit to Panama.

Jayne opened up about her sordid wishes on ex-husband Tom Girardi as he continues to serve prison time for wire fraud.

In accordance with the Every day Mail, the fact TV star said she hoped the previous lawyer would quite die than undergo the pain of serving out his sentence.

She made the quip in a segment of Thursday’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” telling costar Sutton Stracke that she remained “heartbroken” over his situation and that she doesn’t think he’ll survive it.

“I said this to someone the opposite day, I just type of hoped he’d die before he’d go to prison, just so he could get it over with,” she said.

The 54-year-old TV personality added that it “f-cking sucks knowing that person and being married to that person for therefore long,” only to witness him serve out the sentence which will likely lead to his death while in custody.

“To see him walk down the courtroom steps like that, knowing he will die in prison – that is heavy on any level,” she added.

Jayne and Girardi were in a long-term marriage from 2000 until their split in 2020.

On the time, the 86-year-old worked as a strong Los Angeles attorney, but his legal empire got here crashing down when he was accused of misusing settlement funds owed to vulnerable clients.

It was at this point that Jayne decided to tug the plug on their marriage, even though it hasn’t been settled.

Meanwhile, in her chat with Stracke, she did mention that the choice wasn’t a straightforward one to make, as she had mixed emotions over it.

“I do not know, but I’ve thought that very same thing: ‘What do I do?'” she said.

Girardi, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease prior to his trial, was found guilty on 4 counts of wire fraud in August 2024.

The costs stemmed from a years-long scheme to embezzle over $15 million in settlement funds intended for vulnerable clients, including families of the 2018 Lion Air plane crash in Indonesia.

His ailing health condition led to his being placed in a conservatorship under the care of his brother, Robert Girardi.

Girardi was also ordered to pay $2,310,247 in restitution to his victims and a $35,000 superb.

Alongside her ex-husband, Jayne was also accused of embezzling funds to fund their luxury lifestyle, but didn’t face charges.

Back in June, she expressed displeasure upon learning of his fate after Judge Josephine L. Staton handed him the sentence on June third, which happened to be his 86th birthday.

On an episode of her podcast “Diamonds within the Rough,” with co-host Teddi Mellencamp, she disclosed that she learned of his fate while on tour in London, adding that “it just hurts” to witness such a situation.

“After which 10 minutes before the second show, I get the news that Tom is being sent to prison. … It just hurts,” she said, per the Every day Mail.

She continued, “It reopens old healing wounds, and it’s something that, you understand, I had a sold-out crowd in a theater only for me, and I used to be so grateful. My happiest place in the entire world to be is on stage. So while I used to be pleased … there’s just a little piece [of me] that was like, ‘Ugh.'”

On the time, she added that she was “very disenchanted” because the gang was present for her, but she couldn’t give them her all because she “felt like 5 percent of myself was feeling sorry for myself.”

Jayne has since moved on with boyfriend John McPhee, and is “pleased” with him as she looks forward to what’s to come back.

The Bravo star is known to be taking things slowly with him, but seemingly doesn’t have second thoughts about their relationship.

Back in October, she told her podcast co-host Teddi Mellencamp that they took a visit to Panama and she or he was “very pleased” to have made it, per Bravo TV.

“It was probably among the finest trips I’ve ever had,” she admitted. “John and I went; he actually took me there.”

“He and I had a extremely nice trip,” she added. “Like dates and dinners and holding hands and walking across the old city of Panama. And it was so lovely. I used to be in a position to be and just kind of clear my mind, and I used to be really pleased there.”

Whether or not the marriage bells would ring soon stays to be seen, as Jayne said her next chapter with McAfee is “up for grabs.”

“I just do not know what’s coming, and sometimes that is OK,” she said. “I would like inner peace. I would like peace after these last five years.”