Rudy Giuliani grilled over pricey possessions like Yankees memorabilia and his grandfathers watch in $148M defamation case
Rudy Giuliani found himself in the hot seat Friday, when he was grilled about his missing possessions — including a $10,000 jersey signed by Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio and his grandfather’s 120-year-old gold pocket watch — as part of a $148 million defamation verdict he still owes.The former politician once admired as “America’s Mayor” accused opposing lawyers of asking “abusive” questions in Manhattan federal court during the tense hearing to determine whether he should be held in contempt for failing to turn over assets.“If there is such a thing as abusive and overbroad, this is the one you’d put in the law school textbook,” snapped the 80-year-old former personal lawyer to President-elect Donald Trump.It was the latest in Giuliani’s legal saga stemming from a 2023 verdict that found Giuliani was on the hook for $148 million for defaming Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss by falsely claiming the pair tried to steal the 2020 election from Trump.The women are now going after Giuliani’s possessions to satisfy the massive judgment they won.That includes 26 watches, like his grandfather’s timepiece, a Mercedes once owned by actress Lauren Bacall, various sports memorabilia and his New York City apartment lease.
Some of those items, lawyers for the two women claim, have yet to be turned over.“I’m sorry, I can’t find it,” the diehard Bronx Bombers fan testified about the missing Jackson picture.“I went through a divorce, my ex-wife has some of these things.
You have every piece of sports memorabilia that I can find.”He admitted that he may have confused the Jackson piece with one featuring Derek Jeter.“That could be,” he said.“I was blessed by the Yankees, I was blessed with a tremendous amount of memorabilia,” he added.“I get confused about what I have and what I don’t have.”In the courtroom, lawyers for the women showed photos of DiMaggio’s famed 1951 jersey hanging above Guiliani’s fire...