Rudy Giuliani has one week to fork over control of his snazzy Upper East Side apartment and other pricey assets to the Georgia mother and daughter election workers he defamed with baseless accusations of ballot fraud, a Manhattan judge ruled Tuesday.
The former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer has seven days to fork over assets “including cash accounts, jewelry and valuables, a legal claim for unpaid attorneys’ fees, and his interest in his Madison Avenue co-op” — on the market for $5.7 million — to satisfy some of the $148 million he owes Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss for defaming them in 2020, Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Liman ordered in a 24-page ruling.
The ruling comes in response to litigation brought by Freeman and Moss to collect the staggering judgement a Washington, D.C. jury awarded them in December. It demands Giuliani give up almost everything he owns of value — with the exception of three Yankees World Series rings his son, Andrew Giuliani, claims to have been gifted to him by his father.
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Former Georgia election workers Wandrea Moss and Ruby Freeman. (AP)
Liman ruled that all of Giuliani’s valuable items and interests detailed in court docs by Moss and Freeman “should be subject to turnover and receivership, in order to ensure that the liquidation of the transferred assets is accomplished quickly and consistently.”
“The Court finds no good cause to impose additional limits on the time or manner of the liquidation or prosecution of any other item or interest on the list, for the reasons laid out below,” the judge wrote, adding that he would defer a decision on what to do with Giuliani’s Palm Beach condo, where he’s been living, until a hearing on Monday.
Liman also ruled that Moss and Freeman are entitled to pursue about $2 million he’s owed by Trump’s last presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee for services rendered in 2020 and 2021.
Giuliani, 80, must also hand over about a dozen expensive watches including a Rolex, a Mercedes Benz car, sports memorabilia including an autographed Joe DiMaggio jersey, plus jewelry and furniture.
“The Court also does not doubt that certain of the items may have sentimental value to Defendant,” Liman wrote.
“But that does not entitle Defendant to continued enjoyment of the assets to the detriment of the Plaintiffs to whom he owes approximately $150 million. It is, after all, the underlying policy of these New York statutes that ‘no man should be permitted to live at the same time in luxury and in debt.’”
Giuliani did not immediately respond to calls and texts. Asked if he wished to comment, his spokesman, Ted Goodman, said “TBD.” The Daily News reached out to Moss and Freeman’s attorneys for comment.
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