NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for two former Georgia election workers are owed $148 million in damages After suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation, he said Tuesday that evidence shows their clients are entitled to three World Series rings that the former New York City mayor says he gave to his son.
The attorneys filed papers in Manhattan federal court asking a judge to rule that their clients should receive the rings commemorating the New York Yankees’ victories in 1996, 1999 and 2000.
They noted that Giuliani included the rings among his assets in bankruptcy proceedings in 2023, and said his son provided no evidence other than his testimony to support his claim to the rings.
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trial regarding custody of the rings and Giuliani’s Palm Beach, Florida, compound, is scheduled for Jan. 16 before a judge who will rule Monday. He found Giuliani in contempt For responding to orders to hand over evidence related to his assets.
Giuliani, 80, testified on Dec. 27 that he told George Steinbrenner when the late Yankees owner gave him four rings in 2002 that “this is for Andrew,” meaning his then-teenage son, Andrew Giuliani, now 38.
He said he paid for them and immediately gave one to his son and kept three others, eventually giving the rest to him at a birthday party in 2018. He estimated the rings were now worth about $27,000.
The rings and the Florida apartment complex, which Giuliani insists is his legal residence and protected from judgment, are the remaining assets in dispute after President-elect Donald Trump’s former personal attorney gave up other valuable assets including his Manhattan apartment, a Mercedes previously owned by the actor. Lauren Bacall and watches.
Giuliani said he doesn’t know what happened to a jersey signed by Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio or an autographed photo of another beloved Yankees player, Reggie Jackson.
Lawyers for the former election employees, mother and daughter Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shay” Moss, wrote in court papers that Giuliani’s son failed to provide any direct evidence “other than his own testimony” to show that he accepted the ring. From his father on May 26, 2018, or any time before last October.
They said he had never had the rings evaluated, cleaned, listed the rings on the renter’s insurance policy, or obtained a separate policy to insure the rings. They also said he never did any tax, estate or financial planning related to the rings.
Although Giuliani said he gave the rings to his son in 2018, his son testified that he received them no later than mid-2023, when Giuliani put his Manhattan apartment up for sale, the lawyers said. If the judge finds that the rings were indeed delivered in 2023, he must rule that the exchange was fraudulent, they wrote.
Giuliani’s publicist, Ted Goodman, said the Georgia women’s lawyers “can celebrate their fight to seize Mayor Giuliani’s most prized personal possessions, including the autographed baseball jersey of his childhood hero and his grandfather’s pocket watch, but they can never take it.” “His exceptional record of public service.”
An email seeking comment was sent to Andrew Giuliani’s attorney.
