Judge scolds Giuliani for not turning over assets to two women, including car he's driving [View all]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: November 7, 2024 / 3:43 PM EST


Trump ally and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani got a tongue-lashing Thursday in federal court after missing a deadline to turn over valuables to two election workers he defamed, including one asset, a vintage Mercedes, that he took for a drive to vote in Florida. He owes the women, Ruby Freeman and daughter Wandrea Moss, millions in damages.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman, upon being informed that Giuliani is the only person listed on a document who has knowledge of his assets — and that he wants his name removed — called the request "farcical." "My expectation is you're going to answer that question truthfully and fully," Liman said, adding that someone else "in the world" must have knowledge of Giuliani's various assets.

Hearings in the matter were being conducted remotely, but Liman ordered Giuliani to appear Thursday in person after learning that Giuliani had not met his obligations to the two women. Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea Moss, said they went to Giuliani's Manhattan apartment last week and discovered that it had been emptied out, frustrating their efforts to catalog and obtain his assets.

"That's the one piece of property sitting here in Manhattan that can't be moved. Everything else has been game playing," said Aaron Nathan, a lawyer for Freeman and Moss. "We've asked over and over where this stuff is, and the defendant has refused to answer," Nathan said.

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