Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP Rudy Giuliani Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After $148M Judgment in Defamation Suit
Claims against Giuliani include a suit filed by his former attorney Robert Costello and Costello's firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron for unpaid legal fees.
December 21, 2023 at 05:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, one day after he was ordered to immediately pay a $148 million judgment in a defamation case filed by two Georgia election workers.
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