Rudy Giuliani's Defamation Trial Begins, Financial Ruin Looms

Former New York mayor faces potential damages of up to $43 million in defamation case brought by Georgia election workers.

Rudy Giuliani's defamation trial began this week, with the former New York mayor facing potential financial ruin if he is made to pay the full amount being requested by the lawyers for two Georgia election workers whom he was found civilly liable for defaming.
The workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea 'Shaye' Moss, are seeking between $15 and $43 million in compensatory and punitive damages from Giuliani, whose false statements about them forced them to live in fear and have their lives upended.
Giuliani's attorney, Joseph Sibley, told the jury that such an amount would be financially catastrophic for his client, stating 'It would be the end of Mr. Giuliani'.
Giuliani and others claimed the mother-daughter pair scanned ballots hidden in suitcases under tables at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, where votes were being tallied, to tip the election in favor of President Biden. The gravamen of Giuliani’s claims revolved around video footage that he claimed showed the duo passing a USB drive to scan the hidden ballots. In reality, it was a ginger mint.
Giuliani is also facing a lawsuit in New York alleging he failed to timely pay legal bills to attorneys who have represented him in various matters in recent years.