An attorney for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, had urged the eight-person jury to “send a message” with its verdict.

An attorney for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, had urged the eight-person jury to “send a message” with its verdict.

Rudy Giuliani should pay a pair of Georgia election workers he repeatedly and falsely accused of fraud $148 million in damages, a federal jury said Friday.

The eight-person jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, the sum after a four-day trial, during which they testified that Giuliani’s lies in support of former President Donald Trump’s bogus stolen-election claims subjected them to a torrent of racist and violent threats and turned their lives upside down.

Freeman testified Wednesday that she was terrorized by Trump supporters and forced to move from her home because of Giuliani’s smears. “I was scared to come home at dark, you know,” a visibly emotional Freeman said on the witness stand. “I was just scared, I knew I had to move.”

  • perviouslyiner@lemm.eeEnglish
    36·
    11 months ago

    “After the verdict, Giuliani said he didn’t testify because he was worried the judge would find him in contempt, and complained that he hadn’t been allowed to enter evidence that his allegations were true, despite his not having turned over any such evidence before trial”

    Just wow. Guess there’s a difference between what you’re willing to tell a reporter on the street and what you’re willing to tell the judge in court?

    • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      If I’m reading this correctly, Rudy had “evidence” but the court had ruled it inadmissible.

      I mean, I have a document right now that says Rudy Giuliani is the zodiac killer. Signed by Jesus and everything.

      Don’t mean it will hold up in court where there are procedures.

      It’s the same in Trump’s trial. He was barred from using his “buyer beware” clause as an argument because it doesn’t hold legal water.