Giuliani Avoids Default in $146 Million Defamation Lawsuit (1)

Rudolph Giuliani can, for the moment, hold on to his Palm Beach, Fla., condo rather than sell it to satisfy a $146 million defamation judgment awarded to two Georgia poll workers, a federal judge ordered Friday.

Judge Lewis Liman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York gave Giuliani’s lawyer until Oct. 8 to file his brief opposing a motion to declare the Florida condo subject to collection. Liman had threatened to rule against Giuliani by default after the former New York City mayor failed to meet the original Sept. 23 deadline.

Liman said he had ...