LOS ANGELES — Last season, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” delivered one of its most gripping storylines in years, thanks to the scandal engulfing cast member Erika Girardi and her estranged husband, Tom Girardi, a once-celebrated trial attorney accused of stealing millions from the clients he represented.
Season 12, premiering Wednesday on Bravo, kicks off with yet more legal drama, this time involving a terrifying break-in at the Encino home of cast member Dorit Kemsley. Much of the episode revolves around the Oct. 27 robbery — during which three intruders held Kemsley at gunpoint as her children slept nearby and stole an estimated $1 million worth of jewelry and handbags — and its emotional aftermath.
We learn that Kemsley, who had just returned from London, was jet-lagged and home without her husband, Paul “PK” Kemsley, who was still in the U.K., when the break-in occurred.
