Attorneys representing Rudy Giuliani in a high-stakes legal battle are seeking to withdraw their counsel, expressing a definitive split with the former New York City mayor over a contentious asset surrender linked to a hefty $148 million defamation judgment. According to
NBC New York
, this move came shortly after a federal judge mandated Giuliani to forfeit various assets, including a Mercedes once owned by actress Lauren Bacall, a family heirloom watch, and other items, to comply with part of the settlement owed to two Georgia election workers whom he had slandered in the wake of the 2020 election.
The drama intensifies as the aforementioned judgment, awarded last year to the election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss—stemming from Giuliani’s baseless election fraud claims—seems to be met with resistance from the ex-mayor; he filed for bankruptcy, which was subsequently terminated by a judge citing his non-adherence to the process and, Giuliani’s lawyers claim he’s avoided handing over his assets, with him reportedly driving the Mercedes near a Florida polling place on Election Day which seems to suggest defiance of the court’s order.
Attorney Kenneth Caruso, who along with co-counsel David Labkowski, filed a motion late Wednesday requesting permission to withdraw, indicated a “fundamental disagreement” as the basis for this decision; stating that attorneys may pull away from representation when a client pursues unsupportable claims or fails to cooperate, as
AP News
reported.
Amid the unfolding legal quagmire, Giuliani, who faces looming criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona related to the propagation of President Trump’s debunked election theft narrative, has until Monday to oppose his attorneys’ motion to step down the details of which, showcased in blacked-out paragraphs within the publicly posted filing, add a layer of intrigue without providing clarity on the disagreements that prompted this legal breakaway; a representative for Giuliani has yet to provide comment on the situation.
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