NEW YORK – Two lawyers say they can no longer represent Rudy Giuliani in a legal fight over property he was ordered to give up to satisfy part of a $148 million defamation judgment against him. They asked the judge to remove them from the case, citing disagreements with the former New York mayor.

The request in federal court came a week later a judge ordered Giuliani By Friday, he had sold a Mercedes, heirloom watch and other prized possessions that once belonged to actress Lauren Bacall to two former Georgia election workers who are suing President-elect Donald Trump over his remarks about them as they fought to overturn his 2020 election loss. will transfer.

Women were rewarded last year’s decision. Giuliani later filed for bankruptcy, but the judge cut that decision short after finding that the former mayor had disregarded the process. Election workers’ attorneys Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss say Giuliani is avoiding turning over his assets.

In a filing late Wednesday, attorney Kenneth Caruso asked for permission for him and paralegal David Labkowski to cease representing Giuliani.

Caruso wrote that attorneys may withdraw from representing clients when there is a “fundamental disagreement” or if a client insists or fails to present a claim that is not warranted under the law and cannot be supported by a good-faith argument. cooperate.

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A representative for Giuliani did not immediately respond to an email and phone call seeking comment.

Giuliani has until Monday to oppose the motion.

The gross defamation verdict stems from Giuliani’s role in pushing Trump’s baseless claims that the election was stolen from him. The effort also resulted in criminal charges being filed against Giuliani in Georgia and Arizona.

The former mayor and longtime Trump ally remains defiant in the face of collection efforts that exceed an Oct. 29 deadline. He told reporters outside the court last week that he was the victim of a “political vendetta”. On Election Day, Giuliani was seen driving near a polling place in Palm Beach, Florida, in a Mercedes that resembled the car he was supposed to deliver.

Giuliani, who has since been disbarred new York And washingtonHe falsely accused Freeman and Moss of ballot fraud, saying they secretly smuggled ballots into suitcases, counted ballots multiple times and tampered with voting machines.