Giuliani appears in court after failing to turn over assets in bankruptcy fight

Trump state and erstwhile New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani sewage a lingua lashing Thursday successful national tribunal aft missing a deadline to move complete valuables to two predetermination workers he defamed, including 1 asset, a vintage Mercedes, that he took for a thrust to ballot successful Florida. He owes nan women, Ruby Freeman and girl Wandrea Moss, millions successful damages.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman, upon being informed that Giuliani is nan only personification listed connected a archive who has knowledge of his assets — and that he wants his sanction removed — called nan petition "farcical."

"My anticipation is you're going to reply that mobility truthfully and fully," Liman said, adding that others must person knowledge of Giuliani's various assets. 

Hearings successful nan matter were being conducted remotely, but Liman ordered Giuliani to look Thursday successful personification aft learning that Giuliani ha not met his obligations to nan 2 women. Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea Moss, said they went to Giuliani's Manhattan flat past week and discovered that it had been emptied out, frustrating their efforts to catalog and get his assets.

A assemblage successful December 2023 awarded nan brace $148 cardinal successful damages for lies Giuliani dispersed astir them aft nan 2020 statesmanlike election. The monolithic grant sent Giuliani into bankruptcy, and entitled nan defamed women to overmuch of what he owns.

Liman had fixed Giuliani until Oct. 29 to surrender a agelong database of possessions, including nan Mercedes, 2 twelve high-end watches, a jersey signed by New York Yankees Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio — agelong featured prominently supra nan fireplace successful Giuliani's $5 cardinal flat — arsenic good arsenic different furnishings and sports memorabilia. The women are besides entitled to immoderate $2 cardinal that Giuliani has said President-elect Trump's 2020 run owes him. 

Giuliani was successful nan passenger's spot of a Mercedes convertible that appeared to beryllium nan 1980 classical erstwhile owned by movie prima Lauren Bacall erstwhile he arrived to ballot successful Florida connected Tuesday. 

Later that day, a spokesperson for nan erstwhile New York City politician and disbarred ex-attorney for Trump seemed to corroborate it was nan aforesaid vehicle, and said they've attempted to move it over.

In tribunal connected Thursday, Kenneth Caruso, a lawyer for Giuliani, said he believed nan half period aged car could beryllium appraised arsenic being worthy little than $4,000. He noted that a tribunal bid allows him to support a conveyance to that value.

Caruso had asked Liman to let Giuliani to be nan proceeding remotely, arsenic he had previously. Caruso said Giuliani is nether statement to do evening power appearances connected Thursdays and Fridays. Caruso said Giuliani uses "broadcasting equipment" successful his Florida home.

Liman rejected that request. On Thursday, he gave lawyers for nan women until Nov. 11 to instruct Giuliani connected really to move complete his property, and Giuliani 4 days aft to comply.