Two former election workers in Georgia are asking for a court order to seize Rudy Giuliani ’s watches, sports memorabilia, a Mercedes-Benz, his Madison Avenue apartment and other items so the disgraced former New York City mayor can begin to pay what he owes them after losing a defamation lawsuit. Last year, Giuliani was ordered to pay mother-daughter duo Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss nearly $150 million after Donald Trump’s former attorney repeated false claims that fuelled threats against them in the volatile aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Giuliani declared bankruptcy shortly after the verdict was delivered.
But his lawyers and his bankruptcy creditors agreed to dismiss the case last month after they were left trying to figure out how he would pay tens of thousands of dollars he owes for administrative fees, whether he can actually pay any of it, and how much money he even has on hand — questions that were also at the center of the months-long bankruptcy case. The end of his bankruptcy proceedings unfroze the multiple lawsuits against him — including the blockbuster $148 verdict that his attorneys are desperately trying to appeal. Attorneys for Freeman and Moss asked a federal court in New York on Friday to force Giuliani to hand over his 1980 Mercedes-Benz SL500 he claims was once owned by Lauren Bacall, as well as baseball memorabilia signed by Reggie Jackson and Joe DiMaggio, and three New York Yankees World Series rings he was gifted when he was mayo.