Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay nearly $150 million in damages to former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whom he defamed following the 2020 presidential election.
But as with all major jury awards, the question is whether Freeman and Moss will see any of that money.
Giuliani, the former New York mayor and onetime attorney to former President Donald Trump, has vowed to appeal the jury’s verdict. During the trial, he and his attorneys repeatedly said that he already doesn’t have funds to cover his various debts, but it’s unclear how much the former New York mayor actually has.
Attorneys for Freeman and Moss said in court they had tried to find out Giuliani’s net worth, but because he hadn’t responded to many of their subpoenas in the lawsuit, they couldn’t determine a figure.
How does one just ignore a subpoena from a judge in a case like this? If I did this I would be held in contempt and locked up until I agreed to comply, wouldn’t I?
This was a civil case. His failure to appear previously cost him $230,000 in fines which go to the plaintiffs, iirc. He likely figured that he was going to lose a massive judgement anyway, so paying 230k (if he pays it) is a small price to avoid discovery that could open the door to other lawsuits.