Rudy Giuliani reached a deal Thursday with two Georgia women who won a $148 million defamation verdict against him. He will keep all of his property in exchange for a payment of unknown size and a promise never again to defame them. The settlement saves Giuliani from losing both of his homes, as well as countless other pieces of valuable property, reports Politico. The women, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, have spent months in court seeking to force Giuliani to turn over his possessions to them to help satisfy the massive judgment. Freeman and Moss, former election workers in Georgia, won the judtment in 2023, when a jury found that Giuliani falsely accused them of election fraud after the 2020 election. The women, mother and daughter, said they had agreed “to allow Mr. Giuliani to retain his property in exchange for compensation.”
“The past four years have been a living nightmare,” Freeman and Moss said. “We have fought to clear our names, restore our reputations, and prove that we did nothing wrong. Today is a major milestone in our journey. We have reached an agreement and we can now move forward with our lives." A lawyer for Giuliani, Joseph Cammarata, said the settlement allows Giuliani to keep his Upper East Side Manhattan apartment and his condo in Palm Beach, Fla., as well as “all his personal belongings.” Those include property a judge already ordered Giuliani to turn over to the women, including watches, a ring, sports memorabilia and a vintage Mercedes-Benz convertible. The settlement came five hours after Giuliani was set to start a trial over whether he could shield his Florida condo from being seized by creditors and whether he had given World Series rings to his son, a step that might have also made them off-limits. Giuliani appeared poised to lose the Palm Beach property after U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman found him in civil contempt of court twice and declared that Giuliani would be barred from presenting the legal defense that could have helped him retain the condo.
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