Christopher Psaila accused her of filing for fraudulent refunds and then bribing a Secret Service agent through her husband to pursue false felony charges against him,
Tara Ziemba / Getty Images fileis facing yet another legal battle after her former costume designer filed a lawsuit alleging that she conspired with American Express and the Secret Service to have him falsely charged with credit card fraud.
“Independent federal prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office made the decision to charge plaintiff with crimes, no one else,” Borges said. “The notion that Erika controlled the U.S. Government, or for that matter a Fortune 100 company such as American Express, is fantasy.”Jayne began working with Psaila, who co-owns design company Marco Marco, in 2014 to create costumes for her singing career, the suit said.
Their working relationship continued until December 2016, when Jayne questioned the charges and accused Psaila of overcharging her. At the same time, Psaila's suit alleges that her husband Tom Giradi paid a $7,500 bribe to a Secret Service agent, who was his friend and who he represented in a civil case, to open an investigation into him.
Jayne and Girardi filed claims with American Express, which Psaila said refunded them $787,117.88 “to which they were not entitled.” Psaila accuses the credit card company of failing to do its due diligence in investigating the charges before issuing the refund."The AMEX refund resulted in the Secret Service Defendants obtaining an indictment because most reasonable people would assume such a reimbursement of that size would be persuasive evidence of wrongdoing," the suit said.
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