Giuliani Turns Over Mercedes, Jewelry to Georgia Poll Workers

Rudolph Giuliani has complied with orders to turn over a Mercedes-Benz once owned by Lauren Bacall and other assets to partially satisfy a $146 million defamation judgment to two Georgia election workers.

Giuliani’s 1980 Mercedes-Benz SL 500, various watches, and nonexempt cash have been turned over as ordered by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the former New York City mayor’s new attorney said in a Nov. 15 letter to the court.

Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea’ Moss, have faced difficulties getting Giuliani to comply with court orders that he put his possessions into a receivership to pay down his judgment for falsely accusing the pair of tampering with ballots during the 2020 election. Although the former Trump attorney had vacated and turned over his Manhattan apartment, he put a number of items into storage beforehand without court permission.

The proceedings to dispossess Giuliani of his assets have been bumpy, with the former mayor switching attorneys last week after his former counsel requested to withdraw their representation.

Giuliani’s new lawyer, Joseph M. Cammarata of Cammarata & De Meyer PC, filed the Nov. 15 letter to the court. He noted that while the court’s demands were met, Giuliani planned to have the vehicle and other items appraised to see if they qualified for certain statutory exemptions from debt payments.

Cammarata also requested that the court postpone a trial scheduled to begin Jan. 16 related to Giuliani’s Palm Beach, Fla., condominium, saying his client plans to attend the inauguration proceedings for president-elect Donald Trump.

The case is Freeman v. Giuliani, S.D.N.Y., No. 24-06563, letter filed 11/15/24.