Tom Girardi sentenced to 7 years in prison on four counts of wire fraud. The judge refused to let him serve his term in a nursing home as his lawyers requested.

Tom Girardi, estranged husband of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne, was sentenced nine months after his conviction.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne’s disgraced husband, a former top plaintiff lawyer in Los Angeles, definitely did not receive the birthday present he wanted. On his 86th birthday, Tom Girardi was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for leading a yearslong scheme in which he embezzled tens of millions of dollars of settlement money that belonged to his clients,