Former New York mayor was one of former President Donald Trump’s most staunch defenders during the final days of administration — following his allegations of voter fraud and taking his claims to state legislators across the country.
He is now indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, as his legal bills mount as he fends off multiple probes and lawsuits as he fights to keep his law license.
Lawyers for the once-prominent former mayor who loves good cigars have taken his financial problems to court and his legal costs have now reached the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
He even put his Upper East Side apartment up for sale, though some real estate experts doubt he’ll meet the $6.5 million price tag, in part because of the “negative perception” of all this legal drama.
The fees and fines are piling up. Giuliani was the second official to be identified after Trump’s indictment filed Tuesday in Georgia charged them with a “criminal enterprise” as part of Trump’s bid to overthrow the election.
Rudy Giuliani has been indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia. It’s just the latest in his legal woes. According to a lawsuit, he is having trouble complying with an order to pay $89,000 in legal fees and wants to suspend it
By court order, he must turn himself in for arrest before August 25.
Georgia election officials Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman, who are referenced in the indictment, are suing Giuliani for libel.
A judge ordered him to pay them $89,000 in legal fees.
Late last month, he admitted in a police report that he had made the statements described in their complaint, and that “to the extent that statements were statements of fact and otherwise enforceable, such actual statements of fact were false.”
It is not clear that he has available assets to pay for it. He asks the court for a stay of payment. according to a new one submit in the case, Giuliani has “financial problems and wants the payment of the fee to be suspended until the matter is resolved.”
“Giuliani needs more time to pay the attorney’s fees and would like an extension from the court.
He faces significant exposure in the Fulton County case. He faces 13 charges, including false statements and solicitation of government officials amid the “fake” voter scheme.
His “massive” legal bills now run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, CNN reported.
He faces another defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic, plus one from Dominion Voting Systems, both linked to his defense of Trump and claims of fraud.
Giuliani ripped Fulton County DA Fanni Willis for slapping him with RICO charges he once used against the mob and white collar criminals
Giuliani has listed his apartment in New York
Giuliani, pictured with former President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey,
Ruby Freeman, the mother of Wandrea ArShaye Shaye Moss, an election worker in Fulton County, Ga., sued Giuliani for libel
Giuliani and Trump attorney Sidney Powell (r) were each charged on Tuesday
He parted ways with some of his resources during an acrimonious divorce from Judith Giuliani.
Noelle Dunphy sued him for $10 million in May for sexual harassment and abuse. Tape transcripts in one of her archives have him commanding her, “Come here, big tits. Come here, big tits. Your tits are mine.’
Faced with financial pressure, Giuliani put his $6.5 million Upper East Side coop on the market.
But Coldwell Banker’s Cara Ameer told Realtor.com he may have to discount for negative goodwill.
“While many properties charge a little extra for ‘ambitious celebrity pricing,’ that could work against him in this case,” said Ameer, a realtor.
“Given all the legal drama engulfing Giuliani over his involvement with former President Trump, the real estate could have a negative perception,” Ameer continued. . There’s no question that a buyer will want to try and take advantage of the situation and give some bottom feed.”
Giulani on Tuesday accused Willis of using the racketeering statute against him that he pioneered as a U.S. attorney in New York.
“This is a ridiculous application of the racketeering statute,” he told Newsmax host Eric Bolling.
‘There’s probably no one who knows better than me. There are probably also people who know. I was the first to use it in white collar cases,” he said.
“This is not for election disputes. I mean, this is ridiculous what she’s doing,” he added.
“I don’t know if she realizes it either, because she seems like a rather incompetent, sloppy prosecutor. I mean, what she did yesterday with that charge is unforgivable. If she had worked for me, I would have fired her,” he added, referring to the fact that the indictment was posted online before the Grand Jury voted to bring the indictment.