'real Housewives' Star Erika Jayne Moves On With Us Army Vet ‘sheriff Of Baghdad' While Divorcing Tom Girardi

"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" prima Erika Jayne was spotted pinch a caller man amid her ongoing divorcement from Tom Girardi.

Jayne and US Army seasoned John "Shrek" McPhee were photographed holding hands connected July 7 arsenic nan 2 ran errands successful Los Angeles.

The retired U.S. Army Special Operations Sergeant Major, besides known arsenic "The Sheriff of Baghdad," has complete 20 years of distinguished service, according to his website.

He now useful arsenic a bodyguard and owns his S.O.B. brand. McPhee useful to train others virtually and in-person connected a scope of skills, nan tract states.

TOM GIRARDI, EX ‘HOUSEWIVES’ HUSBAND AND DISGRACED LAWYER, INDICTED OVER ALLEGED $15 MILLION EMBEZZLING SCAM

Erika Jayne holds hands pinch John McPhee while retired and astir successful Los Angeles. (LionsShareNews / BACKGRID)

McPhee revealed his erstwhile marriages grounded owed to his subject work during a May quality connected "The Megyn Kelly Show."

"So I ever opportunity this, being joined was for illustration being successful prison. You could telephone location [but] you ain’t going location anytime soon. That’s conscionable really it works. That’s really matrimony useful successful nan army," he said. "And that’s reliable connected everybody. Only guys that had cleanable relationships, their marriages survived nan war. And I would opportunity nan bulk of guys extremity up divorced."

Jayne revenge for divorce from Girardi successful 2020. "After overmuch consideration, I person decided to extremity my matrimony to Tom Girardi. This is not a measurement taken lightly aliases easily," she said astatine nan clip successful a connection to People magazine. "I person awesome emotion and respect for Tom and for our years and nan lives we built together."

"It is my absolute wish to proceed done this process pinch respect and pinch nan privateness that some Tom and I deserved. I petition others springiness america that privateness arsenic well."

Former lawyer Tom Girardi appeared extracurricular of tribunal connected Aug. 6, 2024. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The estranged couple's divorcement was astatine consequence of being thrown retired arsenic of a June 26 proceeding aft 4 years of delays, US Weekly reported. Girardi's lawyer grounded to look successful court. Jayne's lawyer precocious revealed nan divorcement apt won't happen.

"I don’t deliberation that nan divorcement will spell anywhere," Jim Wilkes told The Sun. "He’s not competent to take sides it." Girardi was diagnosed pinch Alzheimer's successful 2021 and was placed nether a conservatorship.

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"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" prima Erika Jayne's divorcement from Tom Girardi is reportedly astatine consequence of being dismissed. (Tommy Garcia)

Girardi was indicted connected national fraud charges successful February 2023. The charges stemmed from nan attorney's prime to bargain money from victims of nan Lion Air Flight 610 crash.

Following a 13-day trial, Girardi was recovered blameworthy of 4 counts of ligament fraud by a jury. He was sentenced to complete 7 years down bars successful June 2025.

Girardi's embezzlement was first brought to ray successful 2020 aft he and his rule firm, Girardi & Keese, were sued successful civilian tribunal by nan victims' families.

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Erika Jayne revenge for divorcement from Tom Girardi successful 2020 aft 21 years of marriage. (YouTube/Bravo)

Girardi, who was disbarred from nan State Bar of California successful July 2022, was known for his activity representing plaintiffs against awesome corporations, specifically successful nan Pacific Gas & Electric lawsuit that inspired nan 2000 movie "Erin Brokovich."

When Girardi won nan $333 cardinal colony for nan residents of nan municipality of Hinkley, California, successful nan monumental 1996 PG&E case, it was, astatine nan time, nan largest ever paid direct-action lawsuit.

"Tom Girardi built personage position and lured successful victims by falsely portraying himself arsenic a ‘Champion of Justice,’" United States Attorney Martin Estrada said successful a merchandise pursuing Girardi's blameworthy verdict. "In reality, he was a Robin-Hood-in-reverse, stealing from nan needy to support a lavish, Hollywood lifestyle. Today’s verdict shows that nan crippled is up – we tin each now spot this suspect for what he was and nan victims he callously betrayed." 

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Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.