Rudy Giuliani ordered to turn over luxury goods to election workers he defamed

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Donald Trump's erstwhile lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to manus implicit a database of invaluable possessions, including his New York penthouse, by a national judge.

Judge Lewis Liman, of the national tribunal successful Manhattan, ordered the erstwhile New York politician to crook implicit the goods to 2 Georgia predetermination workers helium defamed and owes astir $150m (£115m).

He has 7 days to crook implicit the penthouse - which is reported to beryllium valued astatine $5.7m (£4.4m) - to a receivership that Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss volition control, meaning they tin merchantability it, Sky News' US spouse web NBC reported.

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Giuliani was ordered to wage damages to the 2 predetermination workers aft helium falsely accused them of fraud pursuing Mr Trump's statesmanlike predetermination nonaccomplishment successful 2020.

Both Ms Moss and Ms Freeman described successful testimonies astatine the clip that they had received racist and sexist messages, including threats of lynching, owed to the claims.

On Tuesday, Judge Liman besides ordered Giuliani to crook over:

• Any fees for services to Donald Trump and the Republican Party successful 2020 and 2021 - reported to magnitude to astir £2m;
• Cash held successful idiosyncratic slope accounts;
• A vintage Mercedes-Benz;
• Various items of furniture;
• A television;
• Various items of sports memorabilia;
• Jewellery and a diamond ring;
• 26 watches.

The justice is yet to determine if Giuliani volition beryllium capable to support a condominium successful Palm Beach, Florida and 3 different items of sports memorabilia.

Giuliani filed for bankruptcy days aft the defamation ruling successful December past year. But a justice threw retired the lawsuit successful July this year, criticising the lawyer for repeated "uncooperative conduct," self-dealing, and a deficiency of transparency.

This allowed creditors to prosecute different means to get immoderate of the wealth Ms Moss and Ms Freeman are owed, specified arsenic getting a tribunal bid to prehend his apartments and different assets.

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The mother-daughter brace are owed astir $73m (£57m) for reputational harm and affectional harm, with different $75m (£59m) owed arsenic punishment.

A lawyer for Ms Moss and Ms Freman praised Judge Liman's ruling.

"We are arrogant that our clients volition yet statesman to person immoderate of the compensation to which they are entitled for Giuliani's actions," they told NBC.

"[The] result should nonstop a almighty connection that determination is simply a terms to wage for those who take to intentionally dispersed disinformation."

Lawyers representing Giuliani did not respond to NBC erstwhile contacted for comment.

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