Lawyer seeks $148M verdict from Rudy Giuliani, says World Series ring must be given up

NEW YORK (AP) — Two former Georgia election workers who are owed $148 million in damages after suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation said Tuesday they have evidence their clients are entitled to the former New York The three World Series rings the mayor said he gave away.

Lawyers filed documents in Manhattan federal court asking a judge to rule that their clients should receive rings commemorating the New York Yankees’ 1996, 1999 and 2000 victories.

They noted that Giuliani listed the ring as one of his assets during bankruptcy proceedings in 2023 and said his son had provided no evidence beyond his testimony to support his claim to the ring.

A judge has set a Jan. 16 trial over custody of the ring and Giuliani’s Palm Beach, Florida, apartment, and on Monday a judge found Giuliani in contempt of court for responding to an order to turn over evidence of his assets.

Giuliani, 80, testified in a Dec. 27 deposition that when late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner gave him four rings in 2002, he told him “these are To Andrew,” meaning his then-teenage son, Andrew Giuliani, now 38.

He said he paid and immediately gave one to his son, kept the other three and eventually gave the rest to him at a birthday party in 2018.

Giuliani maintains that the rings and Florida condo are his legal residence and are not protected by the judgment, after President-elect Donald Trump’s former personal attorney gave away other valuable assets (including his Manhattan condo) Finally, the remaining disputed assets are the remaining disputed assets.

Giuliani said he didn’t know what happened to a jersey signed by Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio or a photo signed by Reggie Jackson, another beloved Yankees slugger.

Lawyers for the mother and daughter of former election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss wrote in court documents that Giuliani’s son “does nothing but Outside of his own self-serving testimony, he failed to provide any direct evidence that he received the ring on May 26, 2018, or any time before October of last year, from his father.

They said he never had the ring appraised, cleaned, put it on a renter’s insurance policy or purchased a separate policy to insure it. They also said he never did any tax, estate or financial planning related to the ring.

Lawyers said that although Giuliani said he gave the ring to his son in 2018, his son testified that he received the ring before mid-2023, when Giuliani put his Manhattan apartment up for sale. If the judge finds that the ring was indeed given away in 2023, he should rule that the exchange was fraudulent, they wrote.

Giuliani’s publicist Ted Goodman said the Georgia women’s attorneys “can celebrate their fight to seize Mayor Giuliani’s most prized personal items, including a baseball jersey signed by his childhood hero and his grandfather’s pocket watch, but they could never take it away” his extraordinary record of public service. “

An email seeking comment was sent to Andrew Giuliani’s attorney.