Giuliani 'satisfied' judgement in election workers case

Rudy Giuliani has "fully satisfied" the $148m (£120m) defamation judgement he owed two former Georgia election workers, court documents show.

The election workers - Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea' "Shaye" Mos - successfully sued Giuliani, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, for defamation after he claimed they committed ballot fraud during the 2020 election.

They were compensated on Friday, court documents filed in Manhattan federal court show, following a January settlement agreement that allowed Giuliani to keep his New York and Florida homes.

The court documents did not say how much compensation the election workers received.

BBC News has contacted Giuliani for comment.

In January, Ms Moss and Ms Freeman agreed to forgo a trial and allow Giuliani to keep his belongings in exchange for "compensation and his promise not to ever defame us".

"We have reached an agreement and can now move forward with our lives," the women said in a statement in January. They called the past four years "a living nightmare".

Meanwhile, Giuliani said the agreed settlement did not involve an "admission of liability or wrongdoing".

At that time, none of the parties involved disclosed the details of the agreement.

Prior to the settlement, there were a handful of belongings Giuliani had been asked to hand over including a dozen luxury watches, a Mercedes Benz car once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall, his $6m Manhattan apartment and an autographed Joe DiMaggio baseball jersey.

That came after a 2023 jury awarded the election workers nearly $150m in damages following a four-day trial.

Giuliani was among several Trump allies who spread false claims of election fraud in an effort to overturn Trump's loss to former President Joe Biden in 2020.

His false claims about Ms Moss and Ms Freeman caused them to receive death threats and forced them into hiding, the pair said.

Prior to his legal challenges, Giuliani - a Republican - was mayor of New York City, ran for president in 2008 and then went on to advise Trump.