RHOBH star Erika Jayne, files for divorce from Tom Girardi, did not sign a prenup

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Erika Girardi and Thomas Girardi

I honestly did not see this one coming at all. Erika Jayne filed for divorce from husband Tom Girardi on Tuesday (November 03, 2020) in Los Angeles. The couple has been married for 21 years, and have no children together and no prenuptial agreement.

โ€œAfter much consideration, I have decided to end my marriage to Tom Girardi,โ€ said the RHOBH star in a statement. โ€œThis is not a step taken lightly or easily. I have great love and respect for Tom and for our years and the lives we built together.โ€

โ€œIt is my absolute wish to proceed through this process with respect and with the privacy that both Tom and I deserved,โ€ she continued, adding, โ€œI request others give us that privacy as well.โ€

Erika Jayne The Los Angeles Mission Legacy Of Vision Gala - Arrivals
Erika Girardi attends The Los Angeles Mission Legacy of Vision Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 24, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Erika has frequently defended her marriage to the high-powered attorney due to their age difference. Erika is 49 and Tom is 81.

Throughout their marriage, Erika was vocal in squashing doubts about her 33-year age difference with her now-estranged husband. โ€œIโ€™ve dealt with this forever: the younger woman that married the wealthier, older man. I mean, Iโ€™m tired of having to justify my 20-year marriage. Go get a 20-year marriage, then come fucking talk to me,โ€ she at one time fumed on RHOBH.

Erika Jayne Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 presented by Amazon Prime Video Step and Repeat
In this image released on October 1, Erika Jayne attends Rihannaโ€™s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 presented by Amazon Prime Video at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California; and broadcast on October 2, 2020. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 Presented by Amazon Prime Video)

Erika tied the knot with Tom in 1999. The pair first met at Chasenโ€™s in West Hollywood. Recounting how they got together, she confessed in her Pretty Mess memoir, โ€œAfter a year of working in the restaurant, one night I decided to slip Tom my telephone number. We were standing in front of the giant fireplace. โ€˜Did you hear I was single?โ€™ I asked.โ€

In 2017, Erika divulged to Andy Cohen that she did not have a prenup. โ€œLet me be very clear. Iโ€™m married to a very powerful lawyer,โ€ she pointed out. โ€œA prenup wouldnโ€™t stand in his way anywayโ€ฆItโ€™s gonna be all Tomโ€™s way, I assure you. Heโ€™ll rip that piece of paper to shreds in two seconds!โ€