Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters after Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump spoke at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and stalwart Donald Trump ally, is disputing the millions he owes creditors in at least 10 lawsuits — but doesn’t dispute that he owes nearly $10,000 for overdraft of his checking account.
Documents filed in New York on Monday in Giuliani’s bankruptcy case show that he is challenging the millions he has been deemed to owe in several lawsuits, including the massive $148 million defamation verdict in the case by Georgia election workers Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and Ruby Freeman, who were targeted by Giuliani’s false accusations that they committed fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani is also challenging almost $400,000 in outstanding legal fees to the law firm of Aidala, Bertuna, and Kamins, which represented him in misconduct proceedings before the Washington, D.C., Bar.
As Law&Crime has previously reported, Moss is a member of the unsecured creditors committee along with Noelle Dunphy, a former Giuliani associate who is suing him for sexual assault, which he denies, and U.S. Dominion, Inc., the well-known voting hardware and software company that is suing Giuliani for defamation over false claims that they rigged the 2020 election in Joe Biden’s favor.
Creditors have said in court that they are not taking his financial statements filed in bankruptcy court at face value and plan to hire a forensic accounting firm to delve into the particulars, according to their legal team. Giuliani, who filed for bankruptcy shortly after being ordered to pay Freeman and Moss — thus effectively putting a stay on their attempt to collect — has been ordered to testify under oath in his bankruptcy case.
In addition to the millions owed for his lawsuits, documents also show that Giuliani owes more than $700,000 in taxes to the federal government and nearly $300,000 in taxes in New York.
He is not disputing that he owes Citigold $9,530.21 for “overdraft on checking account,” the filing says.
Meanwhile, Giuliani is challenging $35,5200 in debt to the Emerald Dunes Club in Palm Beach, Florida, but he does not appear to dispute that he owes nearly $650 in membership dues to the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach.
Read the filing here.
Colin Kalmbacher and Brandi Buchman contributed to this report.
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