Giuliani Effort to Evade Debt Challenged by Election Workers (1)

Feb. 23, 2024, 6:38 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 23, 2024, 7:32 PM UTC

Rudolph Giuliani must pay the $148 million debt he owes two Georgia election workers—despite his bankruptcy, the pair said in a new complaint.

The judge overseeing the former New York City mayor’s Chapter 11 case shouldn’t allow Giuliani to use bankruptcy to avoid the debt because bankruptcy law blocks the discharge of debt incurred through “willful and malicious injury,” the election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, said in a filing Friday.

Freeman and Moss were awarded $148 million in December after a court found Giuliani liable for defaming the pair by accusing them of rigging 2020 election results for ...

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