Legal professionals have probably the most enchantment?

That’s apparently what Erika Jayne thinks, a minimum of! The 51-year-old Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star was simply noticed out with ANOTHER controversial lawyer in Vegas. Sure, even whereas her scandalous divorce from disgraced authorized eagle Tom Girardi continues to wind its controversial course, the fact TV vet has moved on to doubtlessly discovering love with… one more litigator!

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On Sunday, a Twitter consumer posted an image of the controversial Bravo-lebrity strolling by means of Caesars Palace in Sin Metropolis. The snap was taken over the Memorial Day weekend. In it, Jayne was wearing skin-tight purple leather-based leggings with matching pumps, with an outsized shirt on high.

As for being in Vegas, properly, Erika is little question busy getting ready for her forthcoming residency on the Home of Blues over at Mandalay Bay. So she’s gotta be on the town readying for that! However it was who she was with that’s drawing the actual consideration!

Per Web page Six, Jayne was “on what seemed to be a date” with 72-year-old Jim Wilkes II. Wilkes — who the outlet notes is “a longtime affiliate” of Girardi — was strolling alongside subsequent to Jayne whereas rocking darkish denims and a leather-based jacket. Each of them wore sun shades (natch) to minimize their public outing. You’ll be able to see the snap for your self (beneath):

erika jayne noticed on a date #rhobh pic.twitter.com/Vik4m0F1YO

— blonde hair ???? black coronary heart (@blndhairblckhrt) May 28, 2023

Whoa!

Wilkes’ presence alongside Jayne is notable. As Perezcious readers might recall, he’s been serving to the RHOBH star out with money in latest months to assist Erika by means of her ongoing authorized battles and main monetary woes amid the dramatic Girardi divorce.

In court docket docs beforehand obtained by the US Solar, Wilkes was particularly named as having despatched Erika practically half 1,000,000 {dollars} in money to assist with authorized charges:

“Erika filed a abstract judgment movement to get herself out of the case, and in response, the regulation agency famous that Erika was receiving a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} for her authorized charges from an legal professional named James Lewis Wilkes, II, by way of Wilkes’ regulation agency.”

And it seems Wilkes’ dealings within the latest previous aren’t vanilla. Removed from it…

For one, the legal professional — who is thought for suing nursing properties on behalf of residents who had been abused or mistreated — filed for divorce from spouse Jessica Collins again in 2021. As Web page Six notes, it’s not clear the place that case at the moment stands. However — a minimum of legally — he could also be in an analogous relationship place as Jayne.

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There’s much more to Wilkes’ story, although. Early final month, he was arrested by cops at his Tampa Bay space residence after allegedly firing two gunshots throughout a home dispute with an unnamed lady. In keeping with the Tampa Bay Instances, Wilkes claimed the girl had been putting him within the head, and he grabbed a handgun within the residence to stop her from taking it. Then he advised cops he fired one spherical from the gun to “scare the girl” however didn’t purpose it at her. She advised police a distinct story, although. Her declare was that Wilkes fired two rounds within the air earlier than holding the gun “to her head and torso” and threatening to kill her.

The lawyer was arrested for felony aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and misdemeanor battery. On the time of his arrest again in April, Wilkes’ legal professional Ronald Kurpiers advised the newspaper:

“He was attacked, and he was defending himself. That’s the extent of it.”

Per the newspaper, authorities in Tampa Bay have since stated they’re contemplating prices for the girl concerned within the incident, too. Clearly, Wilkes’ story is just a little completely different than what Jayne has been going by means of with Girardi.

Nonetheless, it’s stunning and salacious all the identical. Was Erika actually on an precise date with this man? Is she not anxious about changing into the girl within the subsequent scary incident like that? Hmm…

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