Aug. 31 (UPI) — Two defamed Georgia election workers are asking the federal court to enforce the $146 million judgment against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, including real estate and three Yankees World Series rings.
Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, were awarded the damages last year after U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., who found Giuliani liable for repeatedly falsely accusing them of election fraud during the 2020 presidential election.
They filed the motion Friday in the Southern District of New York seeking to receive the property of Giuliani, who at one time was the U.S. attorney there.
In July, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in New York dismissed bankruptcy proceedings against the former lawyer for Donald Trump, finding that he was not being adequately transparent about his financial situation.
“Mr. Giuliani has proven time and again that he will never voluntarily comply with court orders, much less voluntarily satisfy Plaintiffs’ judgment,” according to the filing Friday.
Giuliani’s representative Ted Goodman accused the plaintiff’s lawyers of taking “steps designed to harass and intimidate” him with the new filings.
“This lawsuit has always been designed to censor and bully the mayor, and to deter others from exercising their right to speak up and to speak out,” Goodman said.
During the defamation trial, the two women said Trump’s bogus stolen election claims subjected them to racist and violent threats that forced them out of their jobs and homes, including comments by Giuliani.
At a hearing before the U.S. House January 6 committee in 2022, Moss recalled receiving “hateful” and “racist” threats because of the smears.
Giuliani owns a Manhattan apartment worth an estimated $5.7 million and a condo in Palm Beach valued at $3.5 million.
Among the personal property sought are a 1980 Mercedes-Benz SL500, signed Reggie Jackson picture, signed Joe DiMaggio shirt and three Yankees World Series rings he was given during his time as New York City mayor. They also want a diamond ring he owns and his collection of about two dozen luxury watches.
In addition, there are $2 million in fees Giuliani says he’s owed by Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee for his work in trying to overturn the results of the 2020.
Giuliani was disbarred in New York.
Following the judgment, in December he filed for bankruptcy and estimated his jewelry was worth $30,000.
In a separate filing Friday, the women they claim Giuliani is falsely trying to make his permanent residence in Florida for homestead protection under Florida law.
Giuliani’s Internet broadcasts show that he has not actually resided in the Palm Beach condo since purporting to establish permanent residency there.
In December, the women sued him again for continuing to spread “the very same lies.”
The suit is based on comments he allegedly made to reporters after his defamation trial.
According to the complaint, Giuliani told reporters he did not regret his remarks that led to the defamation suit, saying, “Of course I don’t regret it. I told the truth.”
They said Giuliani continued to falsely accuse them of ballot stuffing and other illegal acts at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on election night in 2020.
Giuliani has pleaded not guilty in a criminal case in Georgia where he is accused of participating in a conspiracy to thwart the will of the state’s voters who had selected Democrat Joe Biden over the Republican incumbent.
Giuliani is facing other lawsuits, including another defamation case filed by voting machine maker Dominion in 2021.