Rudy Giuliani's lawyers abruptly drop defamation lawsuit

Rudy Giulianihis lawyers suddenly stopped representing him in his case slander Lawsuit as lawyers of women he insulted blame disgraced ex New York City mayor keeps the property he was ordered to deliver.

Giuliani’s chief counsel Kenneth Caruso and attorney David Labkowski presented a motion They cited a “fundamental disagreement” between them in federal court in New York on Wednesday, citing various reasons for their withdrawal. Donald Trump‘s former lawyer.

The lawyers invoked a New York rule that allows lawyers to recuse themselves when a “client insists on taking an action with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement” or when a client “insists on presenting a claim or defense that is not warranted and unenforceable under existing law.” supported by an argument of good faith” or “the client fails to cooperate with the representation or makes the representation unreasonably difficult for the lawyer to effectively perform his or her job.”

Their notice came just hours after the women’s lawyers — a pair of election workers who faced harassment and abuse after Giuliani falsely accused them of manipulating the results after the 2020 presidential election — told the court. received instructions to collect the property.

But the attorneys said those documents contained “relevant facts” that suggest Giuliani moved and hid assets to avoid or delay transferring his property while relying on an associate to pay debts on his behalf.

A court sketch shows Rudy Giuliani with his attorney, Kenneth Caruso, in federal court on Nov. 7 after the former New York mayor failed to turn over valuables to Georgia election workers he had slandered. Caruso announced he would leave his client a week later (REUTERS)

Last week District Judge Lewis Liman Ordered Giuliani to comply with court-ordered deadlines surrender a long list of properties or face serious sanctions, including contempt of court.

Giuliani later requested cashThe women are furious with their lawyers and claim they cannot afford to buy food.

“They confiscated all my money, which wasn’t much. I need legal representation against these evil people. “I can’t buy food,” he said.

After jury decides Giuliani to pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss about 150 million dollars At the end of a defamation lawsuit last year, Giuliani filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy; This case has since dismissed.

The end of the bankruptcy case reopened the mountain of lawsuits against him and allowed the women to pressure the courts to begin collecting their debts.

Judge Liman He ordered Giuliani’s transfer a $5.6 million Madison Avenue penthouse, cash, 26 watches and a Mercedes Benz that allegedly previously belonged to Lauren Bacall, among other valuables.

After being ordered to appear in person at a status conference in a federal courtroom in Manhattan last week, Giuliani told reporters outside the building that he had no remorse for smearing the two women, then quickly corrected himself and said he did not believe he had done so at all. He slandered them.

“I don’t need Mr. Trump to help me get out of this,” he said as he got into the car. “All Mr. Trump has to do is fix the legal system and you’ll know who the real criminals are.”