Girardi’s Mental Health Likely Star Witness As First Criminal Trial Begins

Featuring Michael S. Weinstein

August 6, 2024

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Although Tom Girardi was found competent to stand trial, his mental capacity during the time he is accused of stealing $15 million from several clients will likely be central to the defense as his first prosecution unfolds in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles over the next two weeks.

“One of their best arguments is that he doesn’t have the capacity to understand what he did or even intentionally do it,” Michael S. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor who is not involved in the case, said.

“The judge already looked at whether or not he’s competent to stand trial … that doesn’t mean that during the course of the defense case, they can’t present him as an older, infirmed type of individual,” Weinstein said.

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