Judge Orders Rudy Giuliani Hand Over $6M Penthouse and Other Assets to Election Workers He Defamed

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Months after a Washington DC jury ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay two Georgia election workers $148 million after he defamed them following the 2020 election, a federal judge in New York City then ordered the former lawyer for former President Donald Trump to hand over his most valuable possessions including his Manhattan penthouse to those workers as part of the settlement.

CNN reported on Tuesday that Judge Lewis Liman told Giuliani he had to turn over “his interest in the property to the women in seven days, to a receivership they will control.” This will give Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss control of Giuliani’s apartment, which has been valued at about $6 million. (Giuliani was unable to sell the apartment before the order.) CNN wrote that the women would be able to sell the apartment themselves.

CNN had a rundown of the other items Giuliani could potentially be forced to give up:

In addition to the Trump campaign fees and the New York apartment, Giuliani must also turn over a collection of several watches, including ones given to him by European presidents after the September 11, 2001, attacks; a signed Joe DiMaggio jersey and other sports memorabilia; and a 1980 Mercedes once owned by the Hollywood star Lauren Bacall. Additionally, the judge ordered that Giuliani turn over his television, items of furniture, his television and jewelry.

Liman hasn’t yet decided if Giuliani will be able to keep a Palm Beach, Florida, condominium he also owns, or the four New York Yankees World Series rings he has, which Giuliani’s son contends his father gave him.

Giuliani was found liable for defaming Freeman and Moss, who were the target of racist attacks after Giuliani and other Trump allies falsely accused them of committing election fraud.