Former Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani declares bankruptcy after being ordered to pay more than $148 million to former employees | world

Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, declared bankruptcy on Thursday (21), one day after he was ordered to start paying compensation totaling more than US$148 million (R$730 million) to two former employees.

The damages amounting to $73 million and $75 million were determined on December 15 by a decision by a federal court jury in Washington, which found the lawyer guilty of falsely accusing former employees Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shay Moss of helping to rig the 2020 election. Against Donald Trump in the state of Georgia .

In the bankruptcy filing, the former New York mayor was listed Approximately $153 million in current or potential debtincluding about $1 million in taxes, debts to lawyers, and millions of dollars from lawsuits filed against him.

His assets were estimated at between US$1 million and US$10 million.

The bulk of the former mayor’s debt will be a restitution judgment against Robbie Freeman and Shay Moss.

“The bankruptcy filing should come as a surprise to no one. No one thought Mayor Rudy Giuliani would be able to pay such a large punitive sum,” said Ted Goodman, Giuliani’s political adviser.