Defamation

Former Georgia Election Workers Awarded $148 Million in Defamation Lawsuit Against Rudy Giuliani

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ATLANTA, Georgia – A jury in Georgia awarded a total of $148 million in damages to two former election workers who filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani. The former New York City mayor spread lies about the workers in 2020, which resulted in racist threats and harassment, impacting the workers’ lives significantly. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, provided emotional testimony during the trial. They described becoming targets of a false conspiracy theory that was promoted by Giuliani and other Republicans. This theory aimed to overturn the 2020 election results in favor … Read more

Giuliani Vows to Appeal “Absurd” Defamation Damages, Dismissing Role in Threats

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Washington, DC – Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has expressed his intention to appeal against the damages awarded to election workers whom he defamed. In a defamation trial, a jury ordered Giuliani to pay nearly $150 million to the Georgia election workers for the harm caused by his defamatory statements following the 2020 election. Giuliani believes that the damages awarded are absurd and feels that the trial was unfair. Giuliani made these remarks outside the courtroom after the verdict was read. He described the amount he was ordered to pay as absurd, emphasizing … Read more

Judge Bars Trump’s Lawyers from Presenting Legal Arguments in Defamation Trial Over Rape Accusations

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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys have been barred from presenting legal arguments to a jury assessing damages in a defamation trial. This comes after a jury last year concluded that Trump did not rape columnist E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the ruling on Saturday in preparation for a trial on January 16 to determine the damages in the defamation case. The verdict from the previous trial found that Trump had sexually abused Carroll, but failed to find enough evidence to conclude that he had … Read more

Fulton County Election Workers Awarded $148 Million in Defamation Lawsuit Against Rudy Giuliani

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ATLANTA (AP) – A jury has awarded $148 million in damages to two former Fulton County election workers in a defamation suite against Rudy Giuliani, the former personal attorney to President Donald Trump. The verdict came after emotional testimony from Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who were falsely accused by Giuliani of participating in a ballot fraud conspiracy. The trial revealed that Giuliani had already been found liable in the case and had admitted to falsely accusing the women. Despite this, he continued to spread baseless claims against them even as the … Read more