America’s Mayor faces financial ruin over huge damages in defamation case

  • Giuliani’s jury trial in Washington, DC was to determine damages he has to pay Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss 
  • Eight-person jury hit him with punitive damages of $75 on top of other damages 
  • Shaye Moss testified her life was turned ‘upside down’ by false claims 

Rudy Giuliani should pay two Georgia election workers $148million for defaming them and accusing them of helping steal the election after a bombshell jury award in Washington, DC Friday.

The panel deliberated for 10 hours on how much the former New York Mayor will have to pay Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and ‘Shaye’ Moss.

The panel of eight men and women decided to sock it to the former mayor after deliberating over the course to two days, hitting him with punitive damages on top of findings for emotional distress and economic damages.

The grand total extends far beyond the $48 million the two women’s attorney recommended they received for damage to their reputations claiming Giuliani made their lives hell with his claims they helped steal the 2020 election.

The award includes:

$75 million in punitive damages;

$20 million each for emotional distress;

$16 million for Freeman and $17 million for Moss for damage to their reputations.

That reached a stunning total of $148 million – an amount that appears to be far beyond Giuliani’s ability to pay, faced on an array of financial setbacks he is facing while facing criminal allegations and other civil lawsuits.

‘The absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding,’ Giuliani said after the verdict, smiling as he criticized the decision.

Giuliani said he would appeal and seek a new trial. He said he decided not to testify in the trial because ‘honestly, it wouldn’t do any good.’ He called his past comments ‘supportable’ but claimed he ‘did not have an opportunity’ to present evidence in the case. He blasted ‘deplorable’ comments the two women received from others, but did not take responsibility for causing it.

Pressed on why he didn’t testify, he said: ‘I believe the judge was threatening me with the strong possibility of contempt or that I’d even be put in jail.’ He may have been referencing admonishments the judge issued in court after he made comments about opposing lawyers during a livestream.

The extent of the award sets up a likely appeal, and an expected legal battle over what the final number should be and how to ensure that Giuliani, 79, pays at least some of it.

It comes after Giuliani doubled down on his accusations against them outside the courthouse as recently as Monday.

The verdict came after a week where Moss testified that her life had been ‘turned upside down’ by Giuliani’s false claims she had engaged in election fraud.