Erika Jayne Net Worth: Did Tom and Erika Announced their Separation?

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Erika Jayne is an American singer, television personality, and former actress who rose to prominence as the star of the reality television show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in her later years. On the show, viewers have seen her musical ambitions as well as her romance with former lawyer Tom Girardi. She rose to prominence after appearing on Dancing with The Stars, recurring roles on The Young and the Restless, and co-starring in the scifi comedy film “The Watch” with Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughan. Her singing career has been a huge success on dance charts all over the world. between 2007 and 2014, nine tracks reached the top of the US Dance Club chart.

Jayne has received numerous honours, including being named by Billboard as the 42nd greatest dance club singer of all time. Jayne has remained in the spotlight following the arrest of her ex-husband, Tom Girardi, on multiple counts of fraud and embezzlement. Authorities even called Tom’s involvement in the case into question after his law firm declared bankruptcy.

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Quick Info

Net Worth:	$5 Million
Date of Birth:	1969
Gender:	Female
Profession:	Singer
Nationality:	United States of America

Early Life

Born and reared in Atlanta, Georgia, Erika Chahoy. She relocated to New York City when she was 18 to pursue a career in singing and acting. She had a few cameo appearances on TV shows in the middle of the 1990s. In the end, she arrived in Los Angeles.

Erika, who was still going by her birth name Erika Chahoy at the time, started working at Chasen’s, a bar and restaurant in Beverly Hills, at some point in the late 1990s. One of the restaurant’s co-owners was an attorney by the name of Tom Girardi.

As a founding partner of Girardi & Keese, a litigation business in downtown Los Angeles that focuses on consumer malpractice cases, Tom Girardi amassed a sizeable fortune. Girardi rose to fame in 1970 as the first legal representative in the state of California to secure a settlement of over $1 million in a medical negligence lawsuit.

Tom took on claims against organizations including Lockheed Corp., the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. throughout the coming decades, winning billions of dollars in verdicts. Girardi also engaged in battle with Hollywood’s top seven studios. His well-known lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric, which resulted in a $333 million settlement for 650 Hinkley, California residents, served as the basis for the Erin Brockovich movie.

What is Erika Jayne’s net worth?

American actor, singer, and reality television personality Erika Jayne has a $5 million dollar fortune. Erika Jayne has had considerable success as a singer of dance and club music, but her role as a cast member of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” on Bravo’s reality television program undoubtedly makes her the most well-known.

Real Estate

Tom and Erika spent the most of their marriage living in a 10,000 square foot, 1.7-acre estate in Pasadena, California. They put the house up for sale for $13 million in May 2021. The couple’s obligations will be paid off entirely if a sale is made, according to several publications. According to reports, Erika left the mansion the year before and moved into a rental in LA’s Hancock Park district.

The house, built by architect Myron Hubbard Hunt, is situated above the Annandale Golf Club on a private driveway. The building was finished in 1928.

In October 2022, Tom and Erika eventually sold this house for $7.5 million.

Giraldi Bankruptcy

One of his creditors grew concerned when it saw millions of dollars being transferred to Erika’s entertainment corporation. The total amount transferred reportedly topped $20 million and the creditors sued for repayment. A creditor claimed that Girardi transferred $20 million to Erika’s entertainment company. Plaintiffs in the bankruptcy case claimed Girardi’s divorce was a “sham”, and that she was sitting on that money.

Music Career

Around 2007, Erika made the decision to launch a music career. She released the song “Roller Coaster” in 2007. The song reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States. In August 2009, she released her debut full-length album, “Pretty Mess.”

Erika’s music career received all the best resources thanks to Tom. Tom and Erika employed RuPaul’s costume designer, Michael Jackson’s choreographer, and songwriter/producer Andreas Carlsson, who wrote songs for a variety of artists, including Stevie Nicks, the Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, and Madonna.

Erika would go on to release nine singles, nine of which would peak at number one on the US Billboard Dance Chart. She has had songs utilised in movies like “The Watch.” The television programmes “The Neighbor” and “Toddlers and Tiaras.” Erika started a tour of Asia and gained a teeny-tiny cult following.

Marriage and Divorce

Late in the 1990s, Erika and Tom started dating. He was in his 60s and she was in her late 20s. Tom and Erika got hitched at the Los Angeles Country Club in 2000. When they got married, Tom and his first wife were engaged in a conflict over shared assets. Tom’s monthly salary at the time, as per court documents in the divorce proceeding with wife #1, was $263,000. According to reports, Erika and Tom didn’t sign a prenup.

After 21 years of marriage, Tom and Erika announced their separation in November 2020.

The Real Housewives

Erika joined the cast of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” on the Bravo network in 2015. She advertised her music on the show and boasted about their fortune, claiming, among other things, that she spent $40,000 per month just on clothing.