Georgia Election Workers Seek Control of Giuliani’s Assets After Defamation Suit

Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer of former President Donald Trump, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse after jury deliberation in Washington on Dec. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The two Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani are asking a federal judge to grant them control over his assets after winning a $146 million defamation judgment against him in December.

An Aug. 30 filing in the Southern District of New York showed mother and daughter Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss naming Giuliani’s Florida condo, New York apartment, and various other assets, including numerous watches and his Mercedes SL500.

“Now that Mr. Giuliani’s bankruptcy case has been dismissed, Plaintiffs are finally in a position to receive a measure of compensation by enforcing their judgment,” the filing read.

“In this motion, Plaintiffs seek two remedies to which they are entitled under New York law: an order requiring Mr. Giuliani to turn over personal property in his possession in satisfaction of the judgment, and an order appointing Plaintiffs as receivers with the power to take possession of, and sell, both real and personal property that Mr. Giuliani does not turn over.”

Other items listed included sports memorabilia (a signed Yankee Stadium picture, Joe DiMaggio shirt, and Reggie Jackson picture), a diamond ring, and three Yankee World Series Rings. Giuliani, one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys during the 2020 election fallout, served as New York City’s mayor during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

In total, the two women are looking to collect assets valued at just a fraction (around $10 million) of what they were awarded by a jury in Washington.

Giuliani accused the women of mishandling ballots after a video clip surfaced of them pulling ballots out of large containers from under the tables after observers had gone. An investigation by the Georgia Elections Board cleared Freeman and Moss of wrongdoing, but mother and daughter said the damage had been done.

Prior Legal Battles

Giuliani spokesperson Ted Goodman criticized the filing as a step “designed to harass and intimidate the mayor” while he’s appealing the “objectively unreasonable” judgment.

“This lawsuit has always been designed to censor and bully the mayor and to deter others from exercising their right to speak up and to speak out,” Goodman said. He contends that “the justice system has been weaponized” against Giuliani “and so many others for strictly partisan political purposes.”

The initial verdict was for $148 million but lowered slightly in a subsequent judgment by a judge in Washington. Judge Beryl A. Howell rejected his attempt to dismiss the judgment.

Shortly after the verdict, Giuliani filed for bankruptcy. Troubled by Giuliani’s repeated “uncooperative conduct,” U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane decided in July to dismiss the case. Lane labeled Giuliani a “recalcitrant debtor” and said he had thumbed his nose at the bankruptcy process while seeking to shield himself from the defamation judgment and other debts.

According to the filing, Giuliani disclosed that his New York apartment was valued at $5.6 million, while his Florida condo was valued at $3.5 million. The former Trump adviser also testified that the Trump 2020 campaign and Republican National Committee owed him “about $2 million.”

The Aug. 30 filing repeatedly noted Giuliani’s refusal to cooperate with court orders.

In his most recent financial filings, Giuliani said he had about $94,000 cash in hand at the end of May, while his company, Giuliani Communications, had about $237,000 in the bank. A main source of income for the 80-year-old former mayor has been a retirement account with a balance of just over $1 million in May, down from nearly $2.5 million in 2022.

A New York court disbarred Giuliani in July over his statements about the 2020 election.

The Associated Press and Catherine Yang contributed to this report.