Rudy Giuliani will again square off in court against two Georgia election workers Thursday, this time seeking to keep his Florida condominium and other prized possessions from the women who won a $146 million defamation judgment against him and have been trying to collect for more than a year. Giuliani faces trial in New York over whether his Palm Beach, Fla., condo, which he claims as his permanent residence, must be turned over to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whom he has falsely asserted for years engaged in widespread 2020 election fraud, the Hill reports. A federal judge will also weigh whether the ex-New York City mayor must cough up three New York Yankees World Series rings, which Giuliani says he gifted to his son, Andrew, and therefore are not his to give up. Though U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman already ordered Giuliani to turn over most of his assets, the judge has yet to decide the fate of the condo and rings. Last week alone, Giuliani was held in contempt by two different courts last week — in Manhattan for failing to turn over evidence about his assets, and in Washington for continuing to spread lies about the election workers.
Liman, who presides over both, has issued an order preventing Giuliani from calling as witnesses his longtime friend, Monsignor Alan Placa, and his spokesperson, Ted Goodman. The ex-mayor will be able to call Maria Ryan, another of his employees, to testify about his purported relocation from New York to Florida. If Giuliani successfully declares the condo his homestead, it would shield the property from being seized to satisfy a portion of the tens of millions of dollars he owes Freeman and Moss. Giuliani has asserted losing the condo effectively would make him homeless. He has already been forced to turn over his roughly $5 million Manhattan apartment, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and other prized possessions, like luxury watches.
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