Defamed election workers seeking Rudy Giuliani's homes and World Series rings
By: Rudy Giuliani (NBC News)
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Aug. 30, 2024, 7:34 PM UTCBy Dareh Gregorian and Lisa Rubin
The two Georgia election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani are seeking to take possession of his multimillion-dollar homes in New York and Florida and some of his valuable personal property, including three Yankees World Series rings.
Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, were awarded $146 million in damages last year after a judge found Giuliani liable for repeatedly defaming them by falsely accusing them of election fraud during the 2020 presidential election. They filed the action seeking to get ahold of his properties in federal court in New York on Friday.
They argue the move is necessary because, "Mr. Giuliani has proven time and again that he will never voluntarily comply with court orders, much less voluntarily satisfy Plaintiffs' judgment."
Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, said the appeal of the "objectively unreasonable" verdict "hasn't even been heard, yet opposing counsel continues to take steps designed to harass and intimidate" the former New York City mayor.
Freeman and Moss testified during the defamation trial that Giuliani's lies in support of former President Donald Trump's bogus stolen election claims subjected them to a torrent of racist and violent threats that forced them out of their jobs and homes.
Their filing Friday seeks "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." That includes "cash accounts, jewelry and valuables, a legal claim for unpaid attorneys' fees, and Mr. Giuliani's interest in his luxury Madison Avenue co-op apartment."
Giuliani's Manhattan apartment is worth an estimated $5.7 million, while his condo in Palm Beach, which the former election workers are also trying to obtain, is valued at $3.5 million.
They're additionally laying claim to the $2 million in fees Giuliani says he's owed by Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee for his work in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 — efforts that got Giuliani disbarred in New York and that led to Moss and Freeman's lawsuit.
The mother and daughter are also seeking Giuliani's 1980 Mercedes-Benz SL500, signed Reggie Jackson picture, signed Joe DiMaggio shirt and three Yankees World Series rings he was given during his time as New York City mayor. They also want a diamond ring he owns and his collection of about two dozen luxury watches.
Giuliani filed for bankruptcy after getting hit with the judgment in December and, in that proceeding, estimated all of his jewelry was worth $30,000. Attorneys for Freeman and Moss disputed that claim, noting that just one of the World Series rings is worth about that amount.
A New York bankruptcy judge dismissed Giuliani's case earlier this month, after citing Giuliani's failure to turn over virtually any necessary information about his businesses while submitting incomplete or incorrect information about his personal spending.
In a separate but related filing Friday, the pair accused Giuliani of continued gamesmanship by claiming earlier this month that his permanent residence is in Florida in a "bid to qualify the Condo for homestead protection under Florida law."
That "evasive maneuver is no more valid than the last few: Mr. Giuliani's own public internet broadcasts show that he has not actually resided in the Palm Beach Condo since purporting to establish permanent, actual residency there—and he certainly has not maintained it as a 'homestead,'" the filing said, noting there's no evidence he's even been at the condo since a brief stay in May. They also pointed out in his deposition in the bankruptcy case in February, he said his principal residence was in New York.
Freeman and Moss are seeking a judgment that their lien on the property is enforceable "and that any assertion by Mr. Giuliani of homestead status is without merit."
Goodman maintained his client is the victim and "we now live in a time where the justice system has been weaponized against Mayor Giuliani and so many others for strictly partisan political purposes."
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those 2 women are entitled to everything that vile scumbag owns...
Where has Rudy been, anyway? He was one of Trump's staunchest supporters. Doesn't he have a role in the Trump campaign this time?
Every last penny.
He's been hanging out with the bankrupt pillow guy.
Oh, poor Lindell. Rudy's hair dye is going to stain all the merchandise.
that's pretty sad when your head also leaves a skidmark ...
Looking for a decent nursing home
lol yeah, no tort reform needed here ….
It turns out there's a price to pay when you cost somebody their livelihood, home, and physical safety. If Rudy wasn't prepared to pay it, he shouldn't have lied repeatedly.
Changes nothing about my comment.
Your comment had little value. Comments defending those who lie, cheat (badly), and endanger others seldom do.
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it's a maga cottage industry ...
But, 'this is the dismantling of American justice' according to some. I hope he's left with nothing.
I'm a few steps past that ...
Many right wing reactionaries claim to favor "tort deform". Unless they are the ones suing, of course...
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oh no, the tort reform poster boy's supporters are becoming hypersensitive to their hero's growing list of shortcomings...
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Take it all every last cent.
even if the award is lowered Rudy won't be able to afford it and since he has been in contempt of court the ladies should get control of his assets, screw the debts from the Trump campaign, they aren't worth the paper they are written on, but the ladies could probably sue Trump and win especially if Trump gets some big windfall from the failing Truth Social.
from $75 IPO to worthless penny stock, the repeating story of trump's life ...
he's going to try to gut this fish for 2 billion and then walk away since he's back on TwitterX
he'll do the shill and unload a few times instead of cashing in and crashing it...
he's going to milk it to the maximum. I expect a major maga grift with his personal holdings as a special offering.
he's not on X so often even after freakshow musk gave him back his posting privileges
I heard Lindell had some kind of truth social site now or something.
Yeah, it's called "Pillow Talk".
FrankSocial
Every page has at least one window with Mike begging for donations.
That's it. What a loser! Saw him at an airport or something 'interviewing or being interviewed' and he's still spreading the same crazy bullshit. How much of an audience does he think he's going to draw?
he was served with a subpoena while on a local news camera at a rally in denver a few years back...
oops, I meant the $1.3 billion lawsuit by dominion...
Awesome!
he can work off any judgements in the prison wood shop.
I would love to see a clip of that.
Maybe he and Rudy could split the cost on a room in the nursing home
a room with bars on the door and window...
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I find it hard to believe that a fool of such magnitude could have been elected Mayor of New York City.
Sometimes one makes the mistake of believing flattery
Bazinga !
How the mighty have fallen. He used to be respected.
I remember a Seinfeld episode he was on, the low fat yogurt one, if anyone is familiar with Seinfeld here.
Yeah...that was a good episode
I think people can be very competent and good at their jobs and just wonderful logical rational people who can abruptly change at some point in their life, whether it's due to dementia, alcohol, drugs, Alzheimer's or even a traumatic brain injury. Personally, I think Rudy was a competent rational mayor who made some good decisions for New York 20 years ago. But then, due to one or perhaps a combination of factors, he went nuts. And that reminds me of an old joke... Two Peanuts went to New York, one was a salted...
rudy makes his political bones busting organized criminals only to openly become one decades later...
To your list of reasons a person might change, I would add "greed". I believe that is a very tempting reason.
and the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist is a wannabe mob boss/thug
or should I say a lifelong wannabe mob boss/thug/Don
Don't worry, Rudy, I am sure trump will come to your rescue any day now. /s
You don’t think that Rudy wastes his time here like we do?
Watch Dr Phil's interview with Rudy Giuliani. It is a total trainwreck!
looks like the engineer did okay...
... with a seat in the back of a 50 ton sledge hammer on wheels.
talk about a crush zone engineered into the front clip ...
I think that was the day I was in charge of the rail road
nobody slept while you were driving on the last road trip, did they?
I did