Official statement from mayor rudy giuliani wife

NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reached a settlement with two former Georgia election workers over ownership of his Florida condo and three World Series rings. 

They had been sought as part of a $148 million judgment against Giuliani. 

The deal means that a bench trial that had been set to go forward Thursday is no longer needed.

Giuliani, 80, was supposed to be the first witness called in a bench trial to determine whether he has to give up his Florida condominium and three World Series rings as part of the defamation judgment against him.

They would go to the two former Georgia election workers he defamed. In 2023, a jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss $148 million in a judgment against him for falsely claiming they engaged in a fake ballot processing scheme in Fulton County, Georgia. 

Giuliani did not appear in court Thursday. As the hours ticked by, the witness chair remained empty. 

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