Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been on a downward spiral for many years now, accelerated by his decision to start representing Donald Trump during the Mueller investigation and continue his work through the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Among other things, hitching his wagon to Trump has led Giuliani to: cement his legacy as a total joke; have his ass indicted by the Fulton County district attorney’s office; be recommended for disbarment; and literally beg for money. And in light of the lawsuit just filed against him by his former attorney, he’s gonna need to beg for some more!
On Monday, Robert Costello—who says he provided legal services to Giuliani from approximately November 2019 through July 2023—filed a suit against the ex-mayor for $1,360,196.10 in allegedly unpaid legal bills. (Giuliani is also being sued by Costello’s law firm, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, where Costello is a partner.) According to Costello and the firm—which represented Giuliani on numerous occasions, including during the investigations by Fulton County DA Fani Willis and special counsel Jack Smith—Giuliani agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in fees but to date has only forked over $214,000, leaving, obviously, an extremely large balance.
A lawyer currently representing Giuliani has said in court that the man once known as “America’s mayor” doesn’t have the cash to pay his bills. In July, Giuliani put his Upper East Side apartment on the market for $6.5 million, several months after Trump reportedly refused to crack open his o wallet to help his old friend. The ex-president recently hosted a fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club so that other people could contribute to Giuliani’s cause, but that likely made just a small dent in the former mayor’s debts, which are only growing. Per the Associated Press:
[Andrew] Giuliani has created a committee, the Giuliani Defense PAC, to raise funds for his father. Allies have also been soliciting checks for what they have called the Rudy Giuliani Freedom Fund. Brian Tevis, who is representing Giuliani in Georgia, said on CNN…that he assumed the former mayor was trying to raise “as much as possible,” adding, “And I think that they’re going to need it.”
Giuliani was held liable last month by a federal judge in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud. A trial could result in Giuliani being ordered to pay significant damages to the women, in addition to the tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees he’s already being directed to pay. To generate cash, he’s hawked autographed 9/11 shirts and pitched sandals sold by election denier Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow. He’s also joined Cameo, a service through which celebrities record short videos for profit…. Last year a judge threatened Giuliani with jail in a dispute over money owed to his third ex-wife. Giuliani said he was making progress paying the debt, which she said totaled more than $260,000. In May, a woman who says she worked for Giuliani sued him, alleging that he owed her nearly $2 million in unpaid wages and that he had coerced her into sex. Giuliani denied the allegations.
To put things in perspective, in order to just pay off the lawyers suing him for $1,360,196.10, Giuliani would have to film 4,186 personalized Cameo videos, based on the $325-a-pop he is currently charging. Or sell a f–k ton more sandals!
Giuliani has pleaded not guilty in the Georgia case.
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