RHOBH’s Erika Jayne is Close to Losing $300,000 Lawsuit by Designer After She Allegedly Falsely Accused Him of Credit Card Fraud

Erika Jayne is facing a $300,000 judgment after her lawyer, Jim Wilkes, failed to show up to a recent court hearing in Florida and made an error when he attempted to have the case against her dismissed.

Days after attorney Ronald Richards, who is not involved in the case, shared the news of the potentially impending judgment on social media on Friday, fans are learning more about the lawsuit against the 53-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, which was filed by designer Marco Morante in Florida.

According to a March 31 report from The U.S. Sun, Marco is suing Erika and her assistants, Laia Ribatallada and Michael “Mikey” Minden, for over $300,000 each, accusing them of “tortious interference with business relationships, tortious interference with contracts, defamation, [and] defamation by implication,” among other accusations.

“The Court will entertain a motion for default by Plaintiff,” a recent court filing stated, noting that a trial may not be necessary before the judgment is enforced.

In his post shared on X last week, Ronald wrote, “[Erika Jayne] is in hot water now and is on the verge of losing this lawsuit.” However, she and her fellow defendants have all denied wrongdoing.

As RHOBH fans may recall, Erika was also sued in California by Christopher Psaila, Marco’s partner at his Marco Marco design studio, whom she accused of making up to $900,000 in unauthorized charges to her American Express credit card.

In his $18 million lawsuit, Christopher alleged that Erika had worked with a Secret Service agent with connections to her now-estranged husband, Thomas Girardi, 85, in an effort to pursue her claims against him and his studio, which included wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Although the case against Christopher was dismissed in September 2021, he has continued with his lawsuit against Erika, alleging “malicious prosecution and conspiracy,” and recently, her motion to dismiss the California case was denied.

Following Erika’s claims against him and Marco Marco, Christopher accused Erika of trying to ruin his business and his life.

“Chris Psaila suffered extreme emotional distress, financial harm to his business, Marco Marco, and extreme emotional, psychological, and physical injuries as a result of the four and one-half years battle against these illicit charges,” his attorney previously said in a statement. “Mr. Psaila’s business lost clients, retailers, and employees, resulting in lost profits and goodwill totaling tens of millions of dollars.”

News of the potential $300,000 judgment against Erika comes as the RHOBH star prepares to head to trial to address a $24 million lawsuit against her.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 14 reunion begins airing Tuesday, April 1, at 8/7c on Bravo.