Rudy Giuliani settles with Georgia women who won $148 million defamation judgement against him

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani reached a deal Thursday with two Georgia women who won a $148 million defamation verdict against him that allows him to keep all of his property in exchange for a payment of unknown size — plus a promise to never again defame them.

The settlement saves Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, from the brink of losing both of his homes, as well as countless other pieces of valuable property. The women, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, have spent months in court seeking to force Giuliani to turn over his possessions to them to help satisfy the massive judgment.

Freeman and Moss, who are former election workers in Georgia, won the defamation judgment in 2023 when a jury found that Giuliani falsely accused them of election fraud after the 2020 election. The women, who are mother and daughter, said in a statement they had agreed “to allow Mr. Giuliani to retain his property in exchange for compensation.”

“The past four years have been a living nightmare,” Freeman and Moss said. “We have fought to clear our names, restore our reputations, and prove that we did nothing wrong. Today is a major milestone in our journey. We have reached an agreement and we can now move forward with our lives.”