Rudolph Giuliani has agreed to be deposed by creditors on April 15 as they continue to search for hidden assets amid his Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The former New York mayor agreed to “an initial limited deposition” with unsecured creditors, according to a Tuesday filing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The scheduled deposition needs to be approved by Judge Sean H. Lane, who is overseeing the case.
A committee representing Giuliani’s unsecured creditors has for months suggested he has hidden assets that could be used to pay down his debts. The committee hired former law enforcement officials at Global Data Risk LLC to probe his finances.
Giuliani’s lawyers have said repeatedly he doesn’t have hidden assets. He filed Chapter 11 last year after being ordered to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of rigging the 2020 presidential election.
The unsecured creditors’ committee consists of Wandrea’ ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, one of the Georgia election workers; Noelle Dunphy, a former assistant suing him for sexual assault and nonpayment; and US Dominion Inc., a voting software company that is also suing for defamation.
The deposition will cover “topics agreed upon by the Committee and the Debtor,” according to the Tuesday filing.
The committee is represented by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Giuliani is represented by Berger Fischoff Shumer Wexler & Goodman LLP.
The case is Rudolph W. Giuliani, Bankr. S.D.N.Y., No. 23-12055-shl, 4/9/24.
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