Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules
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A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former Donald Trump attorney and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed and to whom he now owes $150 million.
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former Donald Trump attorney and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed and to whom he now owes $150 million. Judge Lewis Liman of the federal court in Manhattan said Giuliani must turn over his interest in the property to the women in seven days, to a receivership they will control. The judge’s turnover order of the luxury items is swift and simple, but the penthouse apartment will have its control transferred so Freeman and Moss can sell it, potentially for millions of dollars. The women, who counted Georgia ballots after the 2020 election, will also be entitled to about $2 million in legal fees Giuliani has said the Trump campaign still owes him, the judge ruled. Liman hasn’t yet decided if Giuliani will be able to keep a Palm Beach, Florida, condominium he also owns, or the four New York Yankees World Series rings he has, which Giuliani’s son contends his father gave him. The defamation case against Giuliani – and the latest steps to enforce the judgement – are an example of how the lawyers who assisted in Trump’s election subversion schemes have faced consequences for those actions, even as the criminal prosecutions against Trump and his allies have been slow to gain traction. Giuliani, who previously served as the US Attorney in Manhattan, has also lost his law license because of how he perpetuated false election claims, and professional disciplinary proceedings against other former Trump lawyers are ongoing. Right-wing news outlets, including Fox News, have had to settle lawsuits brought by a voting machine company and its former executive that were the subject of other election conspiracy theories.
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