In stunning testimony, Girardi says he'd 'go crazy' if he knew of accountant's theft

The disbarred lawyer took the witness stand Thursday in his own defense on federal wire fraud charges. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday morning.

Tom Girardi leaves the new Los Angeles federal courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, with Natalie Degrati (left), an investigator with the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Central District of California. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

In a sensational twist to his federal criminal trial, disbarred lawyer and former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills