Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy after a federal jury order him to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers he defamed.
Giuliani's had already been found liable in his defamation trial. The trial was to determine damages. Fulton County election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss were seeking as much as $43.5 million in damages.
The former mayor of New York City, Republican presidential candidate and personal attorney to former President Trump filed papers in New York bankruptcy court, listing millions owed in legal fees and unpaid taxes.
As The New York Times reports:
On Wednesday, the judge overseeing the election worker case, Beryl A. Howell, ordered Mr. Giuliani to start paying the two women immediately out of concerns that he might “conceal his assets” if he were allowed to wait the typical 30 days.
“The filing should be a surprise to no one,” Mr. Giuliani's political adviser, Ted Goodman, said in a statement. “No person could have reasonably believed that Mayor Rudy Giuliani would be able to pay such a high punitive amount. Chapter 11 will afford Mayor Giuliani the opportunity and time to pursue an appeal, while providing transparency for his finances under the supervision of the bankruptcy court, to ensure all creditors are treated equally and fairly throughout the process.”
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