Giuliani 'Not Ready' To Turn Over Assets To GA Election Workers

NEW YORK CITY — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is reportedly not “ready” to hand over his Manhattan luxury penthouse and other valuable possessions to two Fulton County election workers he defamed and now owes nearly $150 million — even as movers planned to come to his apartment Thursday.

Judge Lewis Liman last week ordered Giuliani to turn over his interest in the property to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, Patch previously reported. The property will be put in a receivership the two women control so they can potentially sell it for millions of dollars.

The moving company representative and lawyers for Freeman and Moss were expected to be let into Giuliani's apartment Thursday to see what property was there and estimate the cost of moving items named in Liman's order, according to a court document filed late Wednesday by Aaron Nathan, an attorney for the election workers.

But during discussions with Giuliani's lawyer, attorneys for Freeman and Moss said, "it became clear defendant’s counsel was not ‘ready’ to make any turnovers," according to an Independent UK report.

In addition, they claimed Giuliani’s lawyer “could not even answer basic questions about the location of the receivership property, including the co-op shares and any particular items of physical property, or the amount of the cash accounts subject to turnover.”

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 reports.

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.

Voting in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday afternoon, Giuliani did not confirm that anyone had been in his New York apartment. He said he didn't get a chance to defend himself in the Georgia election workers case, and said he believes the judgment will be reversed on appeal.

“It will probably be one of the most unfair trials in American history, with the exception of the J6 people," he said, referring to the criminal cases against Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.