Rudy Giuliani will be back in court Thursday for a trial to determine ownership of some of his most prized assets: a Florida condo and New York Yankees World Series colors.
Trump’s former lawyer will be the first witness to be called in federal court in New York, making it the third time Testimonyied Under oath In the last two weeks.
Attorneys for Ruby Freeman and her daughter Vandrea “Shaye” Moss — the former Georgia campaign worker discredited by Giuliani — want the condo and rings turned over to help them settle. $146 million verdict against it.
Giuliani’s lawyer, Joseph Cammarata, said in court filings that the Florida home cannot be taken because it has protected status under state law and that the rings no longer belong to Giuliani because he gifted them to his son Andrew Giuliani years ago. was given
Andrew Giuliani said in a court filing that the rings belonged to him.
“[O]n or earlier on May 26, 2018, Mayor Giuliani gifted his son Andrew Giuliani with four New York Yankees World Series rings — one for each of the Yankees’ titles in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000, and named after each. was engraved. ‘Giuliani’ — bought by Mayor Giuliani. completed his second term as mayor of New York City in or about 2002,” his filing said.
Attorneys for Freeman and Moss cast doubt on Andrew Giuliani’s account. They are looking for three out of four.
Rudy Giuliani, a Yankees superfan, listed the rings as his property in his bankruptcy case last year, and they were in his possession until at least 2023, attorneys for Freeman & Moss noted.
He added that while Giuliani was “a careful reporter of gifts to the IRS,” he never noted the gifts on his tax returns.
During his deposition last month, Giuliani testified that he gave the rings to his son but forgot that he had done so. “I remember talking about the rings and he told me — and reminded me that I gave them to him,” Giuliani said, according to the filing.
Andrew Giuliani said he reminded his father and his father’s bankruptcy attorney that the rings belonged to him last January. But her father was still claiming her assets a month later, according to Freeman and Moss’ filings.
The attorneys also noted that Andrew Giuliani acknowledged that his father did not physically give him the rings until sometime in 2023 — nearly five years after they were allegedly gifted to him, while Giuliani was told by Freeman. And there were many cases including Mass.
“Even if it was disputed, defendant’s possession is well documented. Defendant has been photographed wearing World Series rings throughout this period,” their filing states.
Giuliani was found responsible for defaming Freeman and Moss by repeatedly – falsely – accusing them of committing election fraud in 2020. A jury awarded them. A loss of $148 million In December 2023. A judge later reduced the award to $146 million.
Giuliani is appealing the decision, but Freeman and Moss have moved to seize his assets while the case is pending. He has already been ordered to return cash, his car, his multi-million dollar New York apartment and more. Other sports memorabilia.
Giuliani contends Freeman and Moss are not entitled to their Florida home, which he said he made his permanent residence last January.
Lawyers for Freeman and Moss also doubt it. They noted that Giuliani listed his New York apartment as his primary residence in a bankruptcy filing in March and that in August he applied for a bank account at a New Hampshire credit union, including a The box was checked that read: “Live or work in NH.”
They claim Giuliani had been using the Florida condo for years — as a winter home — until Freeman and Moss foreclosed on the property on Aug. 8.
“Mr. Giuliani’s own evidence in this case shows that he spent approximately the same amount of time in the Palm Beach condo in the first half of 2024 as in previous years: approximately four months,” their filing states. said in their filing.
Cammarata has responded that Giuliani obtained a “homestead tax exemption from the Palm Beach County Tax Assessor” last year and also registered to vote and obtained a Florida driver’s license.
“Under Florida law and the Florida Constitution, there is no mandatory number of days that the defendant must sleep in his Florida condominium unit,” he wrote.
The non-jury trial before U.S. District Judge Lewis Lemon is expected to last a day or two, with closing arguments on Tuesday.