Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has intervened in a legal battle over his father’s New York Yankees World Series rings.
The rings are at the center of efforts by two Georgia election workers to collect on a $148 million defamation judgment against the former New York City mayor.
In court filings Tuesday, Andrew Giuliani claimed ownership of four World Series rings, stating his father gifted them to him in 2018.
“He said to me, in substance and in part, ‘I told you when I got these that they would be yours someday, and I want to give them to you now,'” Andrew wrote, adding that they agreed his father would temporarily keep one ring to wear.
The rings, commemorating Yankees championships from 1996 to 2000, were given to Rudy Giuliani during his tenure as mayor. They are part of an estimated $30,000 jewelry collection listed in Rudy Giuliani’s failed bankruptcy attempt this year.
The Georgia election workers who won the defamation judgment are seeking possession of Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment, World Series rings, and other assets to collect on their award.
Rudy Giuliani is appealing the $148 million award, citing free speech rights and arguing that Freeman and Moss didn’t prove he made the claims with “actual malice.”
He’s requesting a delay in awarding his property until after the appeal is decided.
Andrew Giuliani submitted a photo of himself and his wife holding ring cases while posing with his father, claiming it was taken the night he received them as gifts.
‘I want to give them to you now’: Andrew Giuliani rushes to stop defamed 2020 election workers from collecting New York Yankees superfan dad’s World Series rings, submits photo proof https://t.co/Sxvn2Aw8ag
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A federal judge has approved Andrew’s request to intervene in the case.
Lawyers for Freeman and Moss allege that Rudy Giuliani has attempted to evade accountability and thwart their collection efforts. A hearing on their motion to seize Giuliani’s assets is scheduled for October 17 in Manhattan federal court.