Harriet Ryan

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Harriet Ryan

A judge sentenced disgraced legal titan Tom Girardi, once among the nation’s most formidable trial attorneys, to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from clients. U.S. District Court Judge Josephine Staton said in handing down the sentence that Girardi has used the settlements of catastrophically injured clients to underwrite a lifestyle of “private jets and country clubs” for himself and his wife, “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Harriet Ryan

The spectacular fall of Tom Girardi, a California powerbroker who was one the nation’s most formidable trial attorneys and flaunted his wealth on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alongside his much younger wife, reached its conclusion Tuesday when a judge sentenced him to seven years in prison for stealing from clients.

3 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Harriet Ryan

LOS ANGELES — A judge sentenced disgraced legal titan Tom Girardi, once among the nation's most formidable trial attorneys, to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from clients. U.S. District Court Judge Josephine Staton said in handing down the sentence that Girardi had used the settlements of catastrophically injured clients to underwrite a lifestyle of "private jets and country clubs" for himself and his wife, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Harriet Ryan

At St. Francis Medical Center, a Lynwood trauma hospital serving poor, mostly Latino parts of southeast Los Angeles, Father Cesar Galan begins his shift as chaplain in the intensive care unit. Moving from bedside to bedside, he listens to patients’ fears, prays with them and, if they are Catholic, as most are, offers to hear their confessions. Many eagerly unburden themselves, but some say they are beyond forgiveness. My sins are too bad, they tell him.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Harriet Ryan

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies detained several people Sunday after they discovered a dead body inside a U-Haul truck in Lancaster. Homicide detectives said an investigation was in its early stages, and declined to identify the deceased or say whether they suspected foul play. Deputies went to the Shadow Park Inn on Sierra Highway at 1:49 a.m. in response to a missing person report, according to a sheriff’s department press release.