In Georgia, two former election workers almost won $150 million defamation judgment Against Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani He wants to face civil contempt for continuing to falsely accuse them of committing electoral fraud in the 2020 elections.
Attorneys in documents filed in federal court in Washington Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss Despite the settlement approved by the court in May, Giuliani continued to make false allegations about them online, in which he “agreed to be bound by a permanent injunction prohibiting him from repeating the same or similar statements as those deemed false and defamatory.”
“It took only six months for Mr. Giuliani to continue his smear campaign against mother and daughter.” giving he said, including making false allegations about them earlier this month on the live show “America’s Mayor Live.” Among the comments he made were that they counted votes “four times” and used “hard drives” to “fix the machines”.
The filing states that the allegations are “a clear violation of the Consent Decree and the Court should hold it in civil contempt.” The couple is seeking an undisclosed amount in fines for the violations and wants Giuliani to be warned that he will be fined for future violations. “Imposing an appropriate sanction — particularly in light of Giuliani’s repeated willingness to violate court orders, an amount sufficiently ‘calibrated’ to compel compliance with the Consent Order — may require a finding of fact by this Court after an evidentiary hearing,” the filing said. .
Giuliani’s representative, Ted Goodman, called the motion “an unconscionable and bipartisan attack aimed at denying Mayor Rudy Giuliani his First Amendment right to free speech.”
“The ongoing misconduct against Mayor Giuliani must stop,” he said.
It was Giuliani was held responsible For slandering the couple in an effort to overturn the 2020 election on Trump’s behalf. Freeman and Moss said the false accusations forced them out of their jobs and led to a flood of racist death threats.
Jury awarded them 148 million dollars after a compensation trial last year. The judge later reduced the award appealed by Giuliani to $146 million.
Giuliani filed for bankruptcy later, however, the case was dismissed because he repeatedly failed to turn over the requested financial information.
Freeman and Moss filed suit in New York earlier this year to enforce their convictions, and their lawyers blamed Giuliani. walk slowly the handed over his property and failing to submit the necessary documents again. Giuliani last week sold at least some of his assets, including luxury watches and 1980 mercedes– Benz It once belonged to Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall, according to court documents.
The move comes after one of the employees’ attorneys, Aaron Nathan, told U.S. District Judge Lewis Lima that Giuliani secretly cleaned out items from his New York apartment to be delivered to his client and sent them to storage. Attorneys said they are currently reviewing the contents of the storage facility, but there are still assets Giuliani has not turned over.
“Plaintiff has not turned over any cash and has no intention of turning over more than a few thousand dollars in a single account,” they said.
Giuliani is contesting his claims for a limited number of items, including a Florida condo and Yankees World Series rings he said he gave to his son. Those calls will be the subject of a summary trial that is set to begin on January 16, but Giuliani is seeking to delay that date due to unspecified “inaugural events” ahead of Trump’s January 20 inauguration.
Attorneys for Moss and Freeman urged the judge to stick with the current court date set last month. “Mr. Giuliani’s choice to attend an event three days before his inauguration is not a good reason to delay this trial,” they wrote.