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Mar. 12, 2024

Evidence exists to sue Secret Service over Girardi relationship, designer says

“Plaintiff’s complaint contains plausible facts establishing that Lorenzo Robert Savage III was directly and actively involved in every aspect of the criminal investigation against plaintiff,” plaintiff’s lawyer David S. McLane wrote.

Evidence exists to sue Secret Service over Girardi relationship, designer says
Erika Girardi at the 2022 MTV Movie Awards in Santa Monica June 2022. (Shutterstock)

An attorney for a Hollywood fashion designer has argued enough evidence exists to substantiate malicious prosecution claims against a former chief of the Secret Service’s Los Angeles division in an $18.2 million federal lawsuit that also names Erika Girardi – estranged wife of disbarred attorney Tom Girardi.

The plaintiff’s attorney, McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP partner David S. McLane, stated in an opposition motion last Friday that t...

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