--- title: "Jim Bellino Reveals If Ryan Boyajian Will Sue Tamra Judge for Slander Plus, Discusses How Much His Lawsuit Against Tamra Cost" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2024/10/22/jim-bellino-ryan-jenn-tamra-judge/ type: post date: 2024-10-22 modified: 2024-10-22 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2024/10/22/jim-bellino-ryan-jenn-tamra-judge.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Jim Bellino Reveals If Ryan Boyajian Will Sue Tamra Judge for Slander Plus, Discusses How Much His Lawsuit Against Tamra Cost ## Jim Bellino dishes on whether or not Ryan Boyajian plans to sue Tamra Judge and opens up about his own 2018 lawsuit against the RHOC star. On* [The Sarah Fraser Show](https://youtu.be/h7MAngGfZis?si=hd5iHwgUO9kQ2qhe)*, Jim Bellino was asked if[Jennifer Pedranti](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/jennifer-pedranti/)'s fiancé [Ryan Boyajian](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/10/18/rhoc-double-decker-drama/) really hired the same lawyer he used to sue Tamra Judge. ***“That’s correct, Jeff Neary,”*** [Jim Bellino](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/10/21/jim-bellino-alexis-bellino-john/) said. ***“Jeff’s an amazing lawyer. He’s an expert on slander and defamation.”*** Jim, who was previously married to RHOC's [Alexis Bellino](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/10/18/jim-bellino-rhoc-elizabeth-vargas/), successfully sued [Tamra Judge](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/tamra-barney/)for slander in 2018. The lawsuit reportedly cost Tamra $500,000 to fight. The details of the settlement remain confidential. On WWHL, Tamra alleged that Ryan was guilty of stealing money from Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. [He then slapped Tamra with a cease and desist ](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/09/28/tamra-judge-ryan-boyjian/)over the false allegations. The 57-year-old RHOC star quickly issued a public apology to Ryan on her Instagram story, admitting that she misspoke. ![Ryan Boyajian appears on WWHL with RHOC](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ryan-Boyajian-and-Jen-Pedreanti-Tamra-Judge-scaled.jpeg)RHOC's Ryan Boyajian explains why he didn't attend the season 17 reunion Host, Sarah Fraser, asked Jim if he believes Ryan truly [plans to sue the Real Housewives of Orange County star](https://allabouttrh.com/2024/10/02/vicki-gunvalson-teresa-giudice-tam/). The podcast host speculated that Ryan won’t sue Tamra as long as she stops talking about him publicly. ***“Listen, I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on this,”*** Jim commented. ***“Nobody wants to sue anybody. I can promise you it’s very emotionally draining. It’s like a divorce. And what surprises me, knowing how much money and emotion Tamra went through, why she would put herself in this position saying statements [as if] fact, like he was raided by the FBI and that he stole money from a baseball player.”*** ***“Those are actionable offenses,”*** he continued.*** “So the fact that Ryan is only requiring an apology, that says something about his character. I think that he realizes — and I’ve actually spoke with Ryan about this — that if you can get the apology, don’t go through with the lawsuit, just because it’s draining.”*** When asked how Ryan is doing amid all the drama, Jim said, ***“He’s great. He’s just a very even guy. Very chill. I think he handles himself very well in these situations, but he’s not gonna take any s--t. So, it’s on right now.”*** Ryan shared gave Jim's comments his seal of approval on Instagram. ***“JimmyB Speaking Only FACTS,”*** he wrote on [The Sarah Fraser Show's Instagram page](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBJiE6LvFlp/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4958a559-ce20-4369-9c35-43ed1e8da641). > [View this post on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBJiE6LvFlp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading)[A post shared by Sarah Fraser (@thesarahfrasershow)](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBJiE6LvFlp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) [The Real Housewives of Orange County ](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county/)airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET. ## Thoughts on this all? Sound off in the comments!