{"id":107873,"date":"2024-11-16T03:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/giuliani-turns-over-mercedes-watches-to-georgia-poll-workers-he-defamed\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T03:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:04:00","slug":"giuliani-turns-over-mercedes-watches-to-georgia-poll-workers-he-defamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/giuliani-turns-over-mercedes-watches-to-georgia-poll-workers-he-defamed\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuliani turns over Mercedes, watches to Georgia poll workers he defamed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-15\/Getty_111524_RudyGiuliani.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; After months of legal wrangling, Rudy Giuliani on Friday turned over his luxury sports car, several watches, a ring and financial assets to two Georgia election workers he defamed in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, his lawyer wrote Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A federal jury ordered Giuliani last year to pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss nearly $150 million for defaming them with false accusations that the mother and daughter committed election fraud while the two were counting ballots in Georgia&#8217;s Fulton County on Election Day in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys for both sides waged a back in forth in court for months over the delivery of those assets and, last week, attorneys representing Freeman and Moss said Giuliani&#8217;s apartment was virtually empty when their receivership entered the property.<\/p>\n<p>The poll workers&#8217; representatives accused Giuliani of &#8220;secreting away&#8221; his property.<\/p>\n<p>The former New York City mayor was given a Nov. 14 deadline to turn over the shares in his Upper East Side co-op apartment, valuable sports memorabilia, a blue Mercedes-Benz convertible that once belonged to Lauren Bacall, and luxury watches &#8212; including one that belonged to Giuliani&#8217;s grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Cammarata, Giuliani&#8217;s attorney, said in a four-page letter to U.S. Judge Lewis Liman, that &#8220;watches and a ring were delivered via FedEx&#8221; to an address in Atlanta on Friday morning, and that &#8220;the Mercedes Benz automobile was delivered as requested&#8221; to an address in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani&#8217;s bank was &#8220;advised to turn over all non-exempt funds&#8221; to the plaintiffs, as well, according to the filing.<\/p>\n<p>Liman issued a warning that he would file a motion of contempt if Giuliani didn&#8217;t comply with the order to transfer the assets to Freeman and Moss.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, Ted Goodman, a spokesman for Giuliani, posted a video on X with several watches arrayed on a table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This right here, folks, this is the accumulation of 60 years of hard work,&#8221; Goodman said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite giving up those assets, Cammarata argued that his client should not give up other assets.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote a lengthy list of items they deemed &#8220;exempt,&#8221; including some jewelry of lower value, a refrigerator, a radio receiver and other household furniture. He also said a Joe DiMaggio jersey was part of the &#8220;overbroad&#8221; turnover list and will fight to keep it.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney argued that the court &#8220;should never have allowed the turnover&#8221; of the Mercedes Benz, arguing that the car should be appraised and returned to Giuliani if the value does not exceed $5,500.<\/p>\n<p>Cammarata also requested that the court reschedule a trial in this matter currently scheduled for Jan. 16, 2025, until after the inauguration, as Giuliani &#8220;plans to be present&#8221; at events in Washington that week.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Freeman and Moss didn&#8217;t immediately comment on the delivery of the assets.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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