Hollywood Designer Sues Erika Jayne Claiming Shifty AmEx Usage

Erika Girardi, wife of disbarred and indicted plaintiffs’ lawyer Thomas Girardi, is accused in a Tuesday lawsuit along with American Express and the Secret Service of conspiring to destroy a Hollywood costumer by falsely claiming he committed wire fraud.

The lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court said Erika Girardi, who also goes by Erika Jayne, falsely accused Christopher Psaila of fraudulently charging $800,000 to $900,000 for costumes at his business, Marcosquared LLC, formerly Marco Marco LLC.

The authorized charges on an American Express card that the law firm Girardi Keese issued to Erika Girardi, a “Real Housewives of Beverly ...