Giuliani associates ordered to appear in court amid suspicions former mayor is hiding his assets

Source: The Independent

Friday 15 November 2024 21:11 GMT


Two people in former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s inner orbit must comply with their subpoenas in the defamation case as Giuliani’s deadline to hand over his belongings closes in, a judge ordered.

A federal judge in Giuliani’s case against Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss — a mother-daughter pair of election workers he owes $148 million for defaming — ordered Maria Ryan, Giuliani’s business partner, and Ted Goodman, his spokesperson, on Thursday to respond to subpoenas requesting information on their financial ties to the former mayor. Ryan and Goodman were served on August 5.

The order comes weeks after the cash-strapped former mayor revealed that he, Ryan, and Goodman formed a new business as recently as August 30 and he is storing some of his property in a Long Island storage facility under Ryan’s name. Giuliani is in the process of turning over a long list of valuables, including his watch collection, Mercedes-Benz, his Manhattan penthouse, and items in a storage facility in Ronkonkoma, New York, to the defamed election workers — a process he must complete by Friday.

Giuliani appeared to have moved “a substantial amount of his property” from his Manhattan apartment to the condo before the judge ordered him to turn over his belongings, invoices show, Aaron Nathan, a lawyer for Freeman and Moss, wrote in a Wednesday filing. The moved items include a “Yankee banner,” a cigar humidifier, deconstructed bedroom furniture, golf bags, a TV, and “Rudy awards.”

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