{"id":108511,"date":"2025-01-14T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/judge-to-rule-on-whether-rudy-giuliani-must-give-up-world-series-rings-condo-in-defamation-case\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:04:09","slug":"judge-to-rule-on-whether-rudy-giuliani-must-give-up-world-series-rings-condo-in-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/judge-to-rule-on-whether-rudy-giuliani-must-give-up-world-series-rings-condo-in-defamation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge to rule on whether Rudy Giuliani must give up World Series rings, condo in defamation case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(NEW YORK) — Rudy Giuliani’s New York Yankees World Series rings must be stored in a closet in his son’s apartment until a judge decides whether the former New York mayor must relinquish them as part of a\u00a0defamation judgment<\/a>\u00a0he owes to two Georgia election workers, the judge ordered Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“The point was to ensure the security of the rings,” Judge Lewis Liman said during the final hearing before trial begins Thursday.<\/p>\n

The trial will determine whether Giuliani, 80, must turn over three World Series rings and his Florida condominium to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who won a $148 million defamation award against him.<\/p>\n

The former mayor’s son, Andrew, has possession of the rings and agreed to keep them “secreted in a bedroom closet” pending the outcome. Giuliani has asserted the Florida condo is his permanent residence and exempt from the judgment.<\/p>\n

Giuliani, once Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has already given up a New York City apartment, a 1980 Mercedes once owned by actress Lauren Bacall and several luxury watches. He has been disbarred and held in contempt in New York and in Washington.<\/p>\n

Freeman and Moss sued Giuliani in 2021 after he repeatedly made false claims they corrupted the 2020 Georgia vote.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Giuliani’s attorney sought unsuccessfully to call as witnesses Giuliani’s spokesman, Ted Goodman, and Monsignor Alan Placa, a retired priest. Both men have “intimate knowledge of his intent and the homestead,” Giuliani’s attorney said.<\/p>\n

Placa “answers to a higher power than this court,” defense attorney Joseph Cammarata added.<\/p>\n

“What do you mean?” Judge Liman interjected.<\/p>\n

“He answers to God, your honor,” Cammarata responded.<\/p>\n

Liman denied the defense request to reconsider allowing the priest to testify.<\/p>\n

Giuliani himself is the primary witness at trial and is expected to testify first.<\/p>\n

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