Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers want to withdraw from election worker case

Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers want the former Big Apple mayor to quit, claiming they disagree on legal strategy as he wants out $148 million defamation verdict He is owed money by two Georgia election workers.

The four-page document filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court is largely redacted and light on details, but attorneys Kenneth Caruso and David Labkowski want to move away from the case where Giuliani’s Big Apple pad, the Yankees’ World Series ring and vintage mercedes all on the line,

Although court papers filed by Caruso do not specify the reason the legal pair wants to close the case, they generally list the part of the law that allows attorneys to withdraw due to a “fundamental disagreement” or when a client Allows withdrawal due to “insists on submission”. A claim or defense which is not guaranteed under existing law.”

Judge Lewis Lyman must sign off on the request before it becomes official.

The case was brought by Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Vandria “Shay” Moss, as they sought to collect on Giuliani’s assets over the massive judgment they won last year. a jury Determined Giuliani defames him When they falsely claimed the pair tried to cheat Donald Trump out of winning the 2020 presidential election – which was actually won by Joe Biden.

Liman during the hearing in the case last week ripped off giuliani – the 80-year-old dismissed lawyer and policeman who was once affectionately known as “America’s Mayor” – for trying to avoid revealing the names of people who know where his assets are.

“The notion that your customer has no idea where his or her assets are is ridiculous,” Lyman said. He said he would put Giuliani on the stand to testify if necessary so he could answer “truthfully and completely.”

Freeman and Moss are saying Giuliani must be forced to turn His Upper East Side apartment, an extensive watch collection, Yankees memorabilia, a 1980 blue convertible model SL500 Mercedes – once Owned by Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall – and other properties.

Meanwhile, Giuliani is crying poverty over the issue, even going so far as to To restart GoFundMeClaiming that he is not even able to buy food because of the lawsuit.

In addition to the civil cases against Giuliani, he also faces two criminal cases in Arizona and Georgia for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in both states. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Georgia criminal case also accuses Trump and several of the former president’s associates of a widespread scheme to interfere in the Peach State’s presidential election results four years ago.

The Georgia case has been put on hold because of the scandal over Fulton County District Attorney Fani Wiley’s admitted relationship with Trump’s ousted prosecutor Nathan Wade. An appeal on his involvement in the case is currently pending.

“Mayor Giuliani has not been informed of this action by Mr. Caruso,” Giuliani adviser Ted Goodman said in a statement to The Post. “Certainly Mr. Caruso would speak to the mayor, or at least inform him of such a decision.”

Caruso’s court papers indicate that the lawyer emailed Giuliani a copy of his filing demanding he drop the case.