Erika Jayne's legal team appear to be open to the possibility of settling her ongoing legal case regarding the $25million the RHOBH star was paid by estranged husband Tom Girardi's legal firm.
Girardi, 82, has been accused of embezzling millions of settlement money that was meant for plane crash victims, and recently claimed that Jayne, 51, knew about the alleged situation - though she has claimed otherwise on the show.
Following his firm Girardi & Keese filing for bankruptcy - a payment of $25m that was paid to Jayne over the course of a decade has been called into question, as they struggle to pay back $100m worth of debt to creditors.
Attorney Ronald Richards - who has already urged Jayne to 'voluntarily' pay back the $25m she received from Girardi's law firm - has now claimed to UsWeekly that he has been 'actively talking' to Jayne's attorney about settling the lawsuit.
Ready to settle? Erika Jayne's attorneys 'actively talking' about negotiating a settlement in her $25 million lawsuit (star pictured above in West Hollywood, last month on Sept. 29)
'I gave her a week to just voluntarily return the money, but she never did,' Richards told the outlet on Oct. 1,' adding, 'I can't get into the settlement discussion, but we are trying to resolve the case with her attorney. This is the $25 million that [Girardi's] law firm paid on behalf of Erika to cover her expenses over a 12-year period.'
Jayne's attorney, Evan C. Borges, then confirmed to the outlet that he has been discussing the idea of a settlement, though he made it clear at this point her team are just 'listening.'
Borges said: 'Regarding settlement discussions, those are supposed to be confidential between counsel. It appears that my opposing counsel Mr. Richards has been discussing publicly what he calls settlement discussions.'
'Here's the truth: Mr. Richards has reached out and told me that he and the trustee want to settle. I have listened and will continue to listen. That's it.'
Firing back: Erika Jayne's attorney has said that she is not responsible for the $25million paid to her for expenses by estranged husband Tom Girardi (Pictured above on RHOBH)
But Borges stressed in his statement that Jayne is not legally responsible for the $25m.
'I can't say enough that based on the evidence and law, Erika does not have liability for any of the claims against her,' he said. 'All the claims against Erika amount to efforts to blame her for the actions of others, including Girardi Keese and Tom Girardi.'
In August, it was revealed that Jayne is being sued for the $25m by the trustee's attorney Ronald Richards, who is handling Girardi's firm's bankruptcy case.
The reality star was accused of 'knowingly allowing' the firm Giardi & Keese to pay for her lavish lifestyle and frivolous expenses over the course of a decade.
Accountable: The trustee wants the court to rule that the reality star should pay back the $25 Million she spent plus interest and the suit alleges that she 'feigned willful blindness' to the financial wrongdoing the whole time
Jayne was named in the original August court documents, that alleged she knew Girardi & Keese had been funding her lavish lifestyle, and therefore should repay the amount she allegedly spent, with interest
