Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani may have to give up some of his prized possessions, including his New York Yankees memorabilia collection, as two Georgia election officials seek to seize his personal assets to recover a $148 million defamation judgment.
Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss A motion was filed On Friday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, he asked a judge to enforce Giuliani's December 2023 sentence and force the 80-year-old to “turn over certain property,” including his Madison Avenue apartment, an extensive watch collection, autographed baseball memorabilia and three Yankees World Series rings.
Atlanta poll workers also asked a judge to place Giuliani in bankruptcy receivership, arguing they are entitled to $2 million in compensation that he claims he is owed by President Donald Trump's campaign.
“Mr. Giuliani has repeatedly demonstrated that he will never voluntarily comply with a court order, much less a plaintiff's judgment,” Freeman & Moss lawyers said in a court filing explaining why the seizure of Giuliani's assets was necessary.
“At every turn, Mr. Giuliani has chosen to flee, obstruct and completely disobey,” the lawyers added. “That strategy has now reached an end.”
Freeman and Moss are seeking custody of several items that Giuliani disclosed ownership of during the bankruptcy proceedings that were dismissed last month, including:
- 1 1980 Mercedes-Benz, model SL500
- One autographed Reggie Jackson photo
- 1 Autographed Yankee Stadium Photograph
- One Joe DiMaggio autographed shirt
- 3 Yankees World Series rings
A spokesman for Giuliani told The Washington Post that the poll workers' lawsuit was an attempt to “harass and intimidate” the former mayor ahead of his appeal of the defamation ruling.
“While the appeal of the objectively unjust $148 million judgment has yet to be heard, opposing counsel continues to take steps aimed at harassing and intimidating Mayor Rudy Giuliani,” Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman told The Washington Post.
“This lawsuit has always been designed to censor and intimidate the mayor and prevent others from exercising their right to speak,” he added. “America faces an existential threat.”
“Our country once valued free speech and the integrity of our judicial system, but now we are in a time when our judicial system is being weaponized against Mayor Giuliani and so many others for entirely partisan political purposes,” Goodman said.
After two days of deliberations in December, a federal jury in Washington, D.C., awarded Moss and Freeman $75 million in punitive damages and $20 million to each woman for emotional distress. Moss was awarded just under $17 million in defamation damages, and Freeman nearly $16.2 million.
The two women accused Giuliani of tarnishing their reputations and damaging their reputations after he allegedly tried to steal and remove Trump from the 2020 election.
