NEW YORK — A representative for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York City mayor is relinquishing his cherished watches ahead of a Friday deadline to turn over his assets to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. A judge last week ordered Giuliani to hand over a trove of prized possessions, including a 1980 Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall and more than two dozen watches, after missing an Oct. 29 deadline.
On Thursday evening, Giuliani spokesperson Ted Goodman posted a video on the social platform X from a FedEx store in Florida, where he showed at least 18 watches and a ring laid out on a table that he said were being turned over. “This right here folks, this is the accumulation of 60 years of hard work,” Goodman said as the video panned over the array of black, brown, gold and silver-banded timepieces. “Many of these watches hold great sentimental value and he’s being forced to turn all these over under court order.
” Goodman went on to cite Giuliani’s role as mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. “This is a man who demonstrated courage by running towards the flames and now he’s being forced to turn all this over under court order in an absolute bastardization of our justice system,” Goodman said.
“I have to document this,” he continued. “What’s happening is wrong. It’s shameful and we must restore the integrity of the U.
S. justice system.” Neither Goodman nor Giuliani’s.