Criminal
Jun. 3, 2025
Judge finds Tom Girardi fit for prison, rejects mental health exception
Girardi, 86, is set to be sentenced Tuesday for stealing more than $15 million from vulnerable clients.
Tom Girardi's behavior during a Monday pre-sentencing hearing -- including realizing his pants were falling as he left the witness stand -- and earlier observations at a North Carolina prison were enough for a judge to rule his mental state did not warrant specialized hospitalization over imprisonment.
The disbarred attorney, who testified that he spent the year traveling across the country to litigate cases and was on his way back to his defunct law firm once the hearing ende...
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