Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne is privately working with her attorney in an attempt to avoid being ordered to pay back millions her estranged husband Tom Girardi spent on her over the years.

According to court documents obtained by Radar, the Bravo star and her lawyer have informed the court they need an additional two weeks to prepare Jayne's defense in court.

As we first reported, earlier this year, Jayne's husband was forced into Chapter 7 bankruptcy by his various creditors. The once-powerful L.A. attorney is accused of running his law firm like a Ponzi scheme for over a decade.

Many of his former clients claim Girardi won them a massive settlement but refused to pay out the money owed. They claim he came up with excuse after excuse on why he needed more time. In one lawsuit, Girardi is accused of embezzling millions owed to orphans and widows who lost their loved ones in a plane crash.

Jayne is a named defendant in the