Tom Girardi's lawyers pleaded for the judge to impose a noncustodial sentence so that their client, who turns 86 years old Tuesday and has dementia, could serve his sentence at a memory care unit in assisted living.

Tom Girardi sentenced to 7 years in prison on four counts of wire fraud. The judge refused to let him serve his term in a nursing home as his lawyers requested.

"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills " husband and former attorney Tom Girardi will spend real time in a federal prison for stealing $15 million from his former clients.