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Erika Jayne has received her appeal in a case involving a pair of $750,000 earrings given to her by estranged husband Thomas Girardi years in the past.

After the earrings had been auctioned off as a part of the bankruptcy case towards Thomas, who’s accused of stealing tens of millions in settlement funds from former shoppers, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, who initially appealed the ruling final July after the jewellery was sold for $250,000, has satisfied a choose that the gadgets had been taken from her unlawfully.

“Erika Girardi wins attraction over auctioned earrings,” Emily Baker, a authorized analyst and former Los Angeles Deputy District Lawyer, introduced on Twitter on July 19.

“The Court docket agreed with Erika that the earrings weren’t the chapter property’s property and, due to this fact, shouldn’t have been turned over to the chapter trustee,” she added, noting that with regards to the way forward for the earrings, the matter can be left as much as the chapter courtroom “to type out.”

Erika Girardi Wins Enchantment over auctioned earrings.
The Court docket agreed with Erika that the earrings weren’t the chapter property’s property and, due to this fact, should not have been turned over to the chapter trustee. The matter is remanded to the BK courtroom to type out. pic.twitter.com/E5YpDuHTUp

— Emily D. Baker ⚖️ 💜 (@TheEmilyDBaker) July 19, 2023

As RHOBH followers could recall, legal professional Ronald Richards, who briefly labored on the chapter case towards Thomas, stated that after Erika was pressured to turn over the earrings final July, she would be fighting to “defend herself and all the cash, advantages, and presents she obtained from Tom.”

Then, months later, in an odd flip of occasions, it was alleged that the earrings Erika turned over weren’t the pair price $750,000, but rather another pair of comparable diamond earrings.

“The earrings Erika in the end turned over the trustee are NOT the identical earrings on the bill … The GIA certificates that had been ordered in 2022 present they don’t seem to be the identical diamonds,” Ronald confirmed in a tweet in November 2022.

Then, weeks later, after Ronald’s spouse, Lauren Boyette Richards, was seen wearing the earrings, Erika failed to acknowledge the mixup as she tried to reclaim the bling.

She then accused the courtroom of a “legal error” that resulted in her earrings being auctioned off and signaled to a statute of limitations in her attraction.

“Ms. Girardi has elected and is entitled to cash damages primarily based on the proceeds of the sale of a marital present obtained by her in 2007 that was taken from her and offered by the Trustee primarily based on the legally misguided Turnover Order,” her legal professional wrote in courtroom paperwork. “The Chapter Court docket erred as a matter of legislation when it decided that the Trustee’s claims primarily based on an alleged fraudulent switch of property over 15 years in the past weren’t barred by the relevant statutes of limitations.”

However, on the time, the trustee scoffed on the thought that Erika ought to obtain damages for her sold-off earrings.

Since Thomas was pressured out of business in early 2021, the trustees presiding over the numerous circumstances towards him have been promoting off property in an effort to repay his victims.

The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills season 13 is anticipated to start airing on bravo someday later this yr.