Giuliani Must Give NYC Luxury Apartment, Valuables To GA Election Workers

NEW YORK CITY — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over his Manhattan luxury apartment and other valuable possessions to two Georgia election workers he defamed and now owes nearly $150 million, according to multiple reports.

Judge Lewis Liman said Giuliani must turn over his interest in the property to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss within seven days, CNN and NBC News reported. The property will be put in a receivership the two women control so they can potentially sell it for millions of dollars.

Giuliani must also turn over a collection of several watches, a signed Joe DiMaggio jersey, a 1980 Mercedes once owned by the Hollywood star Lauren Bacall, his television, furniture items and jewelry, according to CNN.

Freeman and Moss, a mother and daughter who were Fulton County election workers, sued Giuliani for defamation after he falsely accused them of election fraud following the 2020 presidential election. A jury last year awarded them $148 million in damages.

Giuliani then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the case was thrown out in July with the judge saying it was in the best interest of creditors, according to a WSB-TV report.

In August, Freeman and Moss filed an action to seize Giuliani's assets to begin collecting the damages he owed them, NBC News reported.

Freeman and Moss were dragged into the spotlight on Dec. 3, 2020, when a representative from Donald Trump’s legal team, Jacki Pick, showed a Georgia Senate committee surveillance video from the room where ballots were counted. Pick said Republican observers were asked to leave and that once they were gone, election workers counted hidden, fraudulent ballots.

Pick didn't name the election workers “but said ‘one of them had the name Ruby across her shirt somewhere,’” according to The Associated Press. Later that day, The Gateway Pundit was the first outlet to publish Freeman’s full name, and in a subsequent story also identified Moss.

Freeman and Moss also sued others, including The Gateway Pundit and One America News Network, saying they pushed Donald Trump’s lies about the election being stolen, which led to death threats that made them fear for their lives.

As the allegations spread, Freeman received emails, text messages and threatening phone calls, and strangers showed up at her house, the lawsuit against The Gateway Pundit said. The FBI concluded on Jan. 6, 2021, that she wasn't safe at home, and she relocated for two months. She abandoned her business selling clothing.

Moss’ teenage son was bombarded with threatening messages after harassers found her old phone number, which he was using, the lawsuit said. Because she previously lived with her grandmother, the lawsuit said, strangers showed up at her grandmother’s house at least twice and tried to enter to make a “citizen’s arrest.”

OAN settled with Freeman and Moss in 2022. Earlier this month, a settlement was also reached with The Gateway Pundit, its owner Jim Hoft and his brother Joe Hoft.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.