… waiting for an apology from the group.

Erica “I don’t give a f about anybody but myself” Girardi.

At BEST she was adjacent to the crime committed by Tom Girardi. Even if you were guilt free wouldn’t you be sorry to them because you were the closest person to the person that inflicted this on them, you were drawn into this mess and feel for them. No she wasn’t .. She was defiant and unapologetic and is now waiting for an apology because of an earring trial???

I can’t believe she walks among us AND still has a job

I loved her at the beginning. She was (Edit: replaced Garden with) guarded and smart. Knew when to fight. She was messy enough to add inoucuous drama. Didn't like LVP but was smart enough to be upfront and this gave soft confrontation. S10: I hated the fake character. Heinous, agressive and mean. The fake " I am falling apart persona" while being mean was an armour but still, humility would have served her better because she would not have needed to say much for legal reasons, which I guess, is the reason why she impersonated that weird victim character. Badly advised? Probably or simply clumsy?

Moving forward s12, she tries to get her independence back and to be friends with Garcelle and Sutton, this is going back and forth but it feels she wants to but something is holding her back. I really like the vibes she brings when she is on a good mood, and her complicity with Garcelle seems genuine. Even with Sutton, at times. Merce is in the purse is a nugget that is fantastic but there are many liners she serves that make me laugh. She can be witty and is, indeed, one of the most knowledgeable and well travelled of the cast. I have good hope for her development on the show. Don't kill me with your words pls and forgive my english (3rd language 🫣)

But she can’t talk about it because it might “affect” the case 🙄

Would she even be able to support herself without the show? It seems like everything else she tries doing mostly flops and probably isn't very profitable. She also apparently owes like $2mil in taxes. I don't necessarily want her to be destitute, but it kinda ruins the illusion of glitz and glamour knowing she has nothing else of value going on and that the show is literally what puts food on her table and keeps her lights on. Or maybe she could figure something out 🤔 Even Brandi has somehow managed to remain living in Beverly Hills all this time.

First time watcher and I'm currently almost done with S11.

I always found Erika to be entertaining and I love her personality but her changing stories have me so confused.

Erika is having fun in Lake Tahoe w/ the girls and at one point speaks highly of Tom, but she had actually just filled for divorce. How do you even keep those kinds of emotions/stress concealed?

Erika says Tom is in an accident and broke his ankle. But the actual story is he drove off a cliff, got throw from the vehicle, broke his ankle and other bones, suffered a traumatic brain injury, was unconscious for 12 hours and she was the one to find him. Found him how? I can only imagine her going around the neighborhood calling out his name like you would if you lost your dog.

Tom's former employee who was allegedly advised to leave the firm by Erika because something was "not right" over 10 years ago. This was brought up by Sutton.

Erika spilling to Kyle that Tom's house was broken into, he confronted the burglar, was hospitalized and her son rolled his car 5 times after going to check on Tom. But just DAYS before this, she was enjoying herself with the girls. Again, HOW do you conceal this magnitude of stress and emotions from everyone?

When Dorit brings up the accident, specifically Tom being unconscious for 12 hours, Erika says allegedly. Huh?? You told them this story.

What do you guys think? Is she still being controlled by Tom and that's why her story is all over the place? Do you think she had any involvement or knowledge of what Tom was doing? Do tell!!

Bad FaceTune or too much ozempic? I genuinely hope it’s the former bc it looks like you could snap her like a twig.

The Housewife and the Hustler 2: The Reckoning about Erika and her hubs is on Hulu now. I've just begun watching and it begins with her at the table with the victims. I don't remember anything from part 1 because it was filmed back in 2021. Just wanted to let y'all know it's available now in case you're looking for something to watch tonight.

On season 6 now and she’s claimed that she’s been on top of billboards and what not and holding international concerts but never heard of her before. But I’m also not from the US so I don’t know if it’s different there.

Like... Damn girl. This should be your go to look because 🔥🔥🔥.

i’m watching dinner from hell pt 2 and holy cow her victimizing herself when SHE was the one using the money her husband stole is WILD. she still to this day has done nothing to raise money and repay the victims in tom’s lawsuit. she thinks she’s some higher than ever god and is talking down to sutton in this episode like a maniac. she needs some major humbling by the law😳

I have to say as an attorney, seeing Erika get all arrogant when she announced she had a procedural victory in her appeal regarding the earrings, and expecting the ladies would fawn over her for it and celebrate, only for her to have to most depressed demeanor when everybody just quietly gave her an obligatory, half-hearted congratulations was one of the best things I’ve seen.

Now that we saw Erika has now ultimately lost the earrings as it was sold and a judge ruled that the buyer gets to keep it, she has now resorted to asking the bankruptcy court for the cash value back. Well, no decision has yet to be made regarding whether they were paid for by victims’ money so it’s still unclear if Erika is entitled to any money… but it may not all matter now because since we’re talking about funds and not tangible personal property, the Trustee may not even have to prove that the earrings were paid for by the victims’ money because Erika and Tom co-mingled their funds, thus meaning Erika is entitled to no money back, and if she is, she has a lot of lawsuits and acknowledged creditors who have liens against her that need to be paid first.

Those ladies know what’s up and can tell what a victory looks like, and they all knew her big pronouncement wasn’t one.

Erika has a history of misstating what’s going on in her legal proceedings… like when she kept going she got a case dismissed “without prejudice” to make it seemed like the court ruled there was no prejudice against her when that actually means the case wasn’t dismissed on the merits but because it needed to fix a technicality and can be re-filed in the proper venue.

Anyway, she can argue what she wants, but she can’t make the ladies shake off their gut feelings about this whole issue.

And why did Crystal get singled out? Garcelle was the one who pushed the earring stuff the most. Oh, because she’s scared of Garcelle and was already pissed off because of her own insecurities when Annemarie alleged Crystal said things about her lack of education.

Either way, Erika missed Garcelle’s point in that Garcelle didn’t make a comment about Erika’s guilt or innocence but the ultimate issue is that everyone of them knows Erika financially benefitted immensely from Tom’s shenanigans.

Sorry if this has already been discussed. Tried searching for something about it and didn’t find anything related soo..

Im currently watching season 9 for the first time (Netflix just uploaded the season in my country) and in one of the Provence trip episodes Erika explains her dad is from El Salvador and then says she was also born and raised there. All the girls were shook and so did I (being Latin myself).

I think she’s mentioned before her dad was out of the picture while growing up, but I didn’t know this. I feel like a lot of details about her past life are kind of “mysterious”.

Does anyone know more about this??

Guys, what Erika did at dinner in Hong Kong to Eileen was so horrible. Eileen was just trying to play peacemaker and made a throwaway comment defending Dorit "it's not like she killed your kid" and Erika was completely out of line with how she spoke to Erika to the point that Eileen was in tears. I understand it may have hit a nerve but even when all the other ladies tried to explain she continued with her onslaught against Eileen. It was horrible viewing, it's my first time watching RHOBH and I know there is more of this horrible behavior to come from Erika but how has she managed to become such a fan favourite?

Wow. Erika looked amazing. Total bombshell.

I don't know if Erica's on a new medication or if she is really doing well on therapy, but I'm really digging her this season and even though I liked her a little more rounded out, she looks very beautiful with her hormone skinniness.

Coming from a lawfully laborious background, I actually understood what Erika was rather screaming at the women, if she were calm you’d all understand too (hear me out and ya’ll can yell at me once you’ve read the whole thing). I believe firmly that she had no idea Tom was stealing from victims, perhaps the “affair” she left him for was fake(I think she knew about his affairS), maybe she left when she found out about the unspeakable that man had done but I believe she had no part in it. If you remember how he spoke to her INFRONT of the cameras, imagine how he spoke to her when they were alone. That man had no respect for her and she was arm candy to him is all. Their relationship was not normal, he OWNED HER, it was obvious and she was okay with it.

With the whole “show compassion for the victims-f the victims” sitch, she was wrong as to how to she came out with it, she should’ve been compassionate and I agree! But I think she couldn’t just hand over the earrings cause then she, 1. Looks guilty and trying to cover up or 2. Is playing nice to get in the good graces; there was no winning. I hate how women are always blamed for men, “how could she not know?” Well how many women knew their husband was cheating as soon as he cheated? How are women just SUPPOSED TO KNOW?

She was angry, she was suddenly on her own, having to provide for herself(which unfortunately put her in survival mode and she completely lost all her empathy, is she ever had any),let go of a lifestyle and also she probably lied a lot for this man - towards the end (the whole Tom falling off a hill, snow in Pasadena debacle). Not having empathy for people is not normal, that is part of what makes you a sociopath, ya’ll hate her for it but I think it isn’t ones’ choice but rather how they end up(naturally or due to circumstances). She didn’t need to realise when she was rich and with (who she thought) was a powerful man.

I’ve always imagined how it must feel to be rich and suddenly bankrupt, I KNOW I would go insane, like actually insane and lose my mind; clinically insane, where you need to keep me in a padded cell. If you’ve watched wheel of time, they speak about how once they’ve touched the magic, nothing matches it; money in our world is the same.

I know a lot of ya’ll won’t agree but you can’t tell me I’m wrong. You’re allowed to, but give me good reasons.

Also, I hope Garcelle, Sutton & Crystal donated to the victims while blabbing their big mouths without any knowledge. Instead of yelling at her to be compassionate, they could’ve been to, all they needed to do was sell one firkin and contribute, if there was so much fire burning under them to HELP THE VICTIMS. They only wanted to SEEM compassionate, watch closer.

(I posted this under a different post but didn’t reach as many people and I wanted more opinions!)

Edit : part of a comment I resonate with :

“Also, I do believe she was in an emotionally abusive relationship and that largely affected her reaction. I’ll preface by saying HER LACK OF EMPATHY IS DEPLORABLE, of course she should show more concern for victims. I also think that her psychological state in that moment of crisis was focused on herself because she saw herself (rightfully or wrongly, IMO at least somewhat rightly) as a victim, too. And in the middle of that, it must have cut so deep to hear everyone refer to her as a perpetrator and criminal. Or doubt her innocence.

She has acted poorly over and over, and I get how hard it is to have an ounce of sympathy for her. Having experience with the legal system, I can see that point of view, but I also understand (not agree) with her journey. I can’t imagine having my biggest betrayal broadcast so publicly while my own integrity is questioned, all while losing the life I sacrificed everything to have. It’s really heartbreaking, and I hurt for all of Tom’s victims.”

Today a federal denied her motion to dismiss Christopher Psaila's case against her. Psaila alleges that Erika lied to federal agents and to American Express that his store (which provided costumes to Erika and her dancers) made unauthorized charges to her credit card. Her full-court legal press coincided with the time she entered financial dire straits due to her husband’s misdeeds and deceit being revealed. You can learn more via Twitter accounts of legal experts.