Tom Girardi sentenced to 7 years in prison on four counts of wire fraud. The judge refused to let him serve his term in a nursing home as his lawyers requested.

Known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, he was found guilty last year of embezzling millions of dollars of his clients’ settlement money.

Tom Girardi, the disbarred personal injury lawyer and husband to a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, was sentenced to seven years in prison after he was convicted of stealing money from his clients .