Overview

• The 86-year-old former celebrity attorney turned himself in on July 17 to start a seven-year, three-month federal prison sentence for wire fraud.
• On June 3 he was sentenced to seven years and three months behind bars and ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution and a $35,000 fine.
• A January 2024 ruling deemed him competent to stand trial despite Alzheimer’s and dementia claims, and a bid to serve his term in a long-term care facility was denied.
• Prosecutors say he embezzled more than $15 million over a decade from clients of his now-defunct firm, Girardi & Keese.
• The scandal bankrupted Girardi & Keese, left injury survivors and Lion Air crash families awaiting compensation, and his divorce from Erika Jayne remains unresolved.