Rudy Giuliani reached a settlement with two former Georgia election workers to avoid a trial over the ownership of his Florida condo and three World Series rings. The settlement prevents the court from forcing Giuliani to surrender these assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment against him.
Rudy Giuliani reached a settlement on Thursday with two former Georgia election workers regarding the ownership of his Florida condo and three World Series rings. This agreement prevented a trial that was scheduled to commence the same day at a Manhattan federal court, where Giuliani was slated to be the first witness. He ultimately chose not to appear. The former Georgia election workers had secured a $148 million defamation judgment against Giuliani.
The specific terms of the settlement remain undisclosed.Giuliani, at the age of 80, was expected to testify before the same judge who recently found him in contempt for failing to provide information about some of his assets to the election workers' lawyers. As a consequence of this contempt finding, Judge Lewis J. Liman barred Giuliani from presenting certain evidence. Notably, Giuliani, who served as personal attorney to President-elect Donald Trump during his initial term, was also declared in contempt last week in Washington, D.C. A judge in that jurisdiction ruled that Giuliani continued to defame the election workers by perpetuating false claims about their alleged involvement in corrupt vote counting during the 2020 presidential election.Prior to the scheduled trial, Giuliani posted a video on social media featuring a dog named Vinny on the grounds of Trump's Palm Beach, Florida estate. The caption accompanying the video stated that Vinny 'loves hanging out at Mar-a-Lago' but is 'ready to spend a lot more time in Washington, D.C.,' supporting Trump. The exact date the recording was made remains unclear. The trial was not intended to re-litigate the issue of whether Giuliani defamed the women or the amount of the judgment against him, as both of these matters had already been decided. Instead, the focus of the trial was to determine whether Giuliani would retain ownership of certain valuable assets instead of surrendering them to satisfy the judgment. Among the assets at stake was Giuliani's condominium in Palm Beach, Florida. Giuliani asserted that he established residence there in January 2024, but lawyers representing the election workers maintained that he continued to operate as if his New York apartment was his primary residence until it was surrendered in the fall as part of the judgment. Additionally, three World Series rings, which Giuliani claimed he had gifted to his son, Andrew, in 2018, were also in contention. During a recent hearing, Giuliani stated that he is 'not impoverished' but lacks access to most of his remaining assets. He explained that 'Everything I have is tied up. I don’t have a car. I don’t have a credit card. I don’t have cash. I can’t get to bank accounts that truly would be mine because they have put ... stop orders on, for example, my Social Security account, which they have no right to do.'Lawyers for the election workers countered by stating that Giuliani listed the Manhattan apartment as his residence and the rings as his property when he filed for bankruptcy in December 2023. This application was subsequently dismissed six months later by a judge who accused him of 'uncooperative conduct,' self-dealing, and a lack of transparency. In a deposition last month, Giuliani asserted that George Steinbrenner, the late New York Yankees owner, had gifted him the rings in 2002, despite his insistence on paying for them and telling Steinbrenner: 'These are for Andrew.' He testified that he immediately presented one ring to Andrew and retained three others for safekeeping. He estimated their combined value at $27,000.However, lawyers for the election workers argue that Giuliani, a lifelong Yankees fan who occasionally wore the rings, never recorded the gift to his son in tax documents. They point out that despite his meticulousness in reporting gifts when filing taxes, he omitted this particular transaction. Moreover, they contend that Andrew never obtained insurance for the rings or reported them in his own tax records.Giuliani's total assets are projected to be no more than $10 million. The Palm Beach condominium is believed to be worth over $3 million. He has already surrendered a New York apartment valued at approximately $5 million, a 1980 Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall, numerous luxury watches, and other assets. The election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea 'Shaye' Moss, secured the defamation judgment after alleging that Giuliani's false claims about the 2020 presidential election being stolen led to death threats that instilled fear for their safety
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