周一,纽约一名联邦法官认定鲁迪·朱利安尼藐视法庭,因为他未能移交个人财产以及他被发现诽谤的两名乔治亚州选举工作人员的信息。
法官刘易斯·李曼站在鲁比·弗里曼和叶莎·莫斯一边,他们说朱利安尼“没有交出一美元”来履行对这位前纽约市长的1.48亿美元的判决。
选举工作人员说,朱利安尼没有放弃“一件签名的乔·迪马吉奥衬衫,签名的雷吉·杰克逊照片,签名的扬基体育场照片,或者许多他价值2万美元的各种家庭用品或家具,这些公开照片显示他在纽约的公寓中拥有。”
朱利安尼是2023年被判有罪诽谤弗里曼和莫斯,诬告他们篡改佐治亚州2020年总统选举。
朱利安尼的代表特德·古德曼在一份声明中说,律师们“可能很乐意夺走朱利安尼市长最珍贵的私人物品,包括他童年英雄的签名棒球衫和他祖父的怀表,但他们永远无法带走他非凡的公共服务记录。”
Judge holds Giuliani in contempt for failing to turn over property to 2 Georgia election workers
A federal judge in New York on Monday held Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing toturn over personal propertyand information to two Georgia election workers he was found to have defamed.
Judge Lewis Liman sided with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who said Giuliani has "not turned over a single dollar" to satisfy the $148 million judgment against the former New York City mayor.
The election workers said Giuliani failed to relinquish "a signed Joe DiMaggio shirt, signed Reggie Jackson picture, signed Yankee Stadium picture, or many of the various household goods or furnishings that he valued at $20,000 and which public photographs show he possessed in his New York Apartment."
Giuliani wasfound liable in 2023for defaming Freeman and Moss by falsely accusing them of tampering with the 2020 presidential vote in Georgia.
In a statement, Giuliani representative Ted Goodman said that attorneys "might be happy to fight to take away Mayor Giuliani's most cherished personal belongings including his signed baseball jersey of his childhood hero and his grandfather's pocket watch, but they can never take away his extraordinary record of public service."