to be married >> reporter: real housewives of beverley hills star erica jane and her husband tom girardithe lawyer made famous during the erin brocovich case, are accused of hiding money meant for victims killed in the 2018 lyon airplane crash. >> the law firm in chicago is saying thomas girardi is trying to tuck away money during this divorce, hide this cash, he has to give it to his wife or have the money assigned to her and that way he won't have to pay it back to these plaintiffs or this law firm. >> reporter: on the show, the couple would flaunt their extravagant life-style. >> i think it cost $40,000 a month to do erica jane, so that's hair, makeup, costumes, wardrobe and the whole production of itself. >> reporter: the suit claims they're actually in debt and used some of the misappropriated money to pay it off and project a public image of obscene wealth at all times and at whatever the cost. the attorney who filed the suit, jay edelson, worked with girardi in the lion air case and said he figured out the scheme after boeing paid the settlement, but clients did not receive their

the attorney who filed the lawsuit, jay edleson, worked with girardi on the lion air case and said heigured out the scheme after boeing paid the settlement but clients did not receive their full payments. while the former couple has not commented on these allegations, girardi has said in the past that fame has made him a target. >> whenever you're out there, you become a bit of a target, but i think if you act honorably even though you're filing a lawsuit against very powerful entities, if you behave in the proper fashion and so forth, you're pretty well regarded. >> reporter: the amount of the lion air settlement is not made public. but the lawyer who filed the lawsuit says the allegations made against jayne and girardi are some of the most troubling he's seen in his entire career. kenneth, mona. >> andrea fujii, thank you so much. >>> coming up, yet another politician admits not following his own coronavirus rules. >>> but first the new limits on holiday shipping. one major delivery company changing the rules. now might not be the best time to ask yourself, 'are my bones strong?' li

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we need the help, and it cannot be tied to liability reform, which is what senator girardi leader mcconnell is pushing to do. we need to do what needs to be done right now. let's do what we agree on now and do what we do not agree on sometime later. state and localities cannot wait until later. you mentioned the mayor of louisville. we will be talking to him on this program. at the same time, as you talk about kentucky, i am mindful of the fact one of the residents of kentucky was mitch mcconnell. i fear he may even be a constituent of yours. explain that. we are not a blue state in kentucky and we are definitely hurting. revenues are down. we have laid off a lot of public-sector employees in the last months. i cannot imagine why republicans who tried to empower states as part of their set of values rights and responsibilities will not give them the resources they need to carry out the roles we are asking them to play. states have to balance their budgets. the federal budget does not have to. aat virtually everybody in position of knowledge knows, whether it is the chair of the fed, jay pow