Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case dismissed by New York judge
In the ruling, which denies Giuliani bankruptcy protections, the judge said Giuliani's "lack of financial transparency is particularly troubling."
A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday dismissed Rudy Giuliani's petition seeking bankruptcy protections, ruling that the onetime attorney to former President Donald Trump had failed to turn over key financial information despite being given numerous directives to do so.
The order by Judge Sean Lane paves the way for two former election workers in Georgia who were repeatedly defamed by Giuliani after the 2020 election to begin collecting on their $146 million verdict against him.
Giuliani filed his bankruptcy petition in December, days after a jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss nearly $150 million for the false allegations of election fraud he made about them.
The bankruptcy filing had enabled Giuliani to get protection from creditors under the “automatic stay” feature of federal bankruptcy law, which, with some exceptions, halts ongoing litigation as well as the enforcement of pre-existing judgments.
Giuliani had been found liable for defaming Freeman and Moss after repeatedly ignoring court orders in that case — and Lane said in his 22-page ruling Friday that the former New York City mayor ignored court orders in the bankruptcy case as well. Lane said that Giuliani had failed to turn over virtually any necessary information about his businesses. Information that he did turn over about his personal spending and income was often wrong or incomplete, the judge said.
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