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Convicted of defamation, Rudy Giuliani, former Trump lawyer, delivers his Mercedes but clings to his baseball jersey – Libération

Former New York mayor and prosecutor Rudy Giuliani, ordered to pay nearly $150 million, has agreed to give up his car and luxury watches but keeps a collector’s jersey.

A priceless piece of fabric. Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, ordered to pay nearly $150 million to two election officials he defamed, has agreed to give up his car and luxury watches as compensation, but retains a Collectible baseball jersey.

Rudy Giuliani played the role of spearhead of the campaign led by the former Republican president to obtain the invalidation of the results of the 2020 presidential election which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. He was ordered in December 2023 to pay $148 million to Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, two election workers in the key southeastern state of Georgia.

Jersey signed by Joe DiMaggio

According to a video showing the two women passing an object – which turned out to be a mint – during the counting of the ballots, the ex-mayor and the ex-attorney of New York claimed to have exchanged a USB stick. “as if they were doses of heroin or cocaine” to fake the results.

Last month, a federal judge in New York ordered the former city councilman to forfeit part of his assets to compensate the two women. These include his New York apartment, a 1980 Mercedes Benz, jewelry, numerous luxury watches and collectibles, such as a jersey signed by baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.

In a letter to the judge on Friday, his lawyer informed him that Rudy Giuliani began the execution by handing over the watches, a ring and the Mercedes on the same day. On the other hand, he maintains that certain goods must be exempt from judicial seizure, in particular the baseball jersey.

The lawyer also asks the judge to postpone until January 22, 2025 a trial of his client scheduled for January 16 so that he can attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States on the 20th, as well as than the preparatory events of the previous days. Finally, he emphasizes that this compensation results from a criminal conviction which Rudy Giuliani appealed.

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