Two former Georgia poll workers have filed a new suit against Rudy Giuliani to seize his multimillion-dollar Florida condo and numerous valuable assets. The two workers previously won a $148 million defamation judgment against the former New York City mayor and Trump attorney, who accused them of carrying out a fake ballot-processing scheme during the 2020 presidential election.
Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss filed the new lawsuit on Friday, asking a federal court in New York to enforce last yearโs judgment forcing Giuliani to โturn over certain propertyโ that he had disclosed. The requested items include his watch collection, sports memorabilia, and a 1980 Mercedes Benz, among other items.
The lawsuit marks the mother-daughter duoโs latest push to collect on the $148 defamation judgment issued in December. Awarded a combination of compensatory and punitive damages, both claimed emotional distress caused by Giulianiโs false allegations. He accused them of trying to steal the election from former president Donald Trump in 2020 while they were working the ballots in Fulton County, Ga.
Days after the ruling, Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an effort to protect his possessions. His bankruptcy claim was dismissed by a New York judge last month, leaving him vulnerable to further legal actions taken by Freeman and Moss. In the bankruptcy case, Giuliani disclosed ownership of the personal items that the pair is seeking.
โMr. Giuliani has proven time and again that he will never voluntarily comply with court orders, much less voluntarily satisfy Plaintiffsโ judgment,โ lawyers for Freeman and Moss wrote.
โAt every step, Mr. Giuliani has chosen evasion, obstruction, and outright disobedience,โ the attorneys continued. โThat strategy reaches the end of the line here.โ
The plaintiffs are also looking to seize the defendantโs $3.5 million condo in Palm Beach, Fla., and $5.6 million apartment in New York City. Giuliani previously put his New York apartment on the market; the apartment is listed as his primary residence, according to Freeman and Mossโs complaint.
However, following the dismissal of his bankruptcy proceedings, Giuliani signed an affidavit last month marking his Florida condo as his primary residence to protect it from the former Georgia election workers. The women then placed a lien on the condo earlier this month.
In a statement to the New York Post, a spokesman for Giuliani dismissed the court filing as an attempt to โharass and intimidateโ the former New York City mayor and onetime Trump attorney before he appeals the defamation verdict.
โThe appeal of the objectively unreasonable $148 million verdict hasnโt even been heard, yet opposing counsel continues to take steps designed to harass and intimidate Mayor Rudy Giuliani,โ said Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman, who cast the newly filed lawsuit as an example of the weaponization of justice against political opponents.
The embattled Republican operative has been punished in recent months related to his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election. In July, Giuliani was formally disbarred from his law practice in New York for making false statements about the election results on behalf of Trump. He also faces similar proceedings in Washington, D.C., where a bar disciplinary committee first recommended his disbarment last year.
Moreover, Giuliani is fighting two criminal indictments in Arizona and Georgia for allegedly interfering in the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty to both sets of charges.







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