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    Judge to decide future of Rudy Giuliani’s Palm Beach condo

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    Is Rudy Giuliani’s primary residence in Palm Beach?

    A federal judge is set to rule on that question, the answer to which could put Giuliani’s Palm Beach condominium on the table to help satisfy a $148 million judgment against the former New York mayor who then served as former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney.

    U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman heard arguments Monday from an attorney for Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who successfully sued Giuliani after he said the two men stuffed ballot boxes during the 2020 election The couple strives to collect this judgment.

    Until Liman issues a ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Giuliani will continue to live in the Palm Beach apartment but will not be allowed to do anything that could diminish the value of the property. according to CNN.

    Giuliani purchased the unit in the Southlake building in February 2010 with his then-wife, Judith Nathan Giuliani, for a reported $1.41 million. The apartment was last marketing for sale in 2019before the Giulianis’ bitter divorce, with an asking price of $3.3 million. But no buyer ever appeared, and Giuliani took sole possession of the condo as part of the couple’s divorce settlement.

    According to court records, the condominium is valued at $3.5 million. The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office website put its value at $2.67 million in 2022 and $3.07 million in 2023.

    Giuliani filed a declaration of domicile in Palm Beach County on July 15 to declare the Palm Beach condo his permanent residence, and his attorney, Kenneth Caruso, argued in a court filing that the condo was protected under California law. Florida which states that ownership must be presumed. .

    Caruso did not say in court Monday when Giuliani made Palm Beach his primary residence, CNN reported.

    In a document filed Sunday, Caruso told Liman that during the 183 days between Feb. 8 and Aug. 8 of this year, his client was in the Palm Beach apartment for 71 days, or about 39 percent of the time. Giuliani spent an additional 64 days outside Florida “for health, leisure and/or business reasons,” Caruso wrote.

    Past coverage: Homes in Palm Beach: Rudy Giuliani and his wife list a condo for $3.3 million

    Giuliani spent 48 days in New York, Caruso wrote.

    However, Caruso said in the filing that leaving Florida does not affect the ownership status of the Palm Beach condo.

    Aaron Nathan, lawyer for Freeman and Moss, told Liman on Monday that his team believed the Palm Beach condo was a vacation home and that Giuliani spent most of last summer in New Hampshire with trips to places like New York and the Republican Party. National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, CNN reported.

    But Caruso told CNN on Monday that Giuliani began moving to Palm Beach when he put his Manhattan apartment up for sale in July 2023.

    Last week, Liman ruled that to satisfy Moss and Freeman’s judgment, Giuliani will have to hand over the keys to the luxury New York apartment on Madison Avenue, along with a list of luxury and high-end items, and the Giuliani’s $2 million claim for legal reasons. accusations against former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee.

    Liman ruled that seizing the apartment and other items would make it easier for Moss and Freeman to sell. Giuliani had asked to delay until November 6 his attempt to recover legal fees from Trump to avoid influencing the election with “inaccurate” claims sparking a “media frenzy,” a proposal Liman ridiculed.

    Because of questions about whether or not it is his permanent residence, Liman considered the Palm Beach condo separately, according to court records.

    Giuliani had accused Moss and Freeman “under false pretenses” of excluding observers during the vote count, of introducing “suitcases” of illegal ballots, of counting the same ballots multiple times and of surreptitiously circulating USB drives, according to the women’s lawsuit.

    During a December 2020 meeting with Georgia lawmakers, Giuliani said Freeman and Moss were “obviously, surreptitiously passing around USB ports as if they were vials of heroin or cocaine.” Instead, Freeman and Moss testified at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing that they passed ginger mints to each other.

    Giuliani paid nothing against the December 2023 civil judgment, which accrues at an interest rate of 5% per year, Liman previously wrote.

    In the past, Giuliani’s spokesperson has denied any wrongdoing in the case, calling the $148 million judgment unfair and saying it was part of an effort to punish Giuliani “for exposing the ‘Hunter Biden’s laptop’.

    The listing agents for the Giuliani condo in Palm Beach in 2019 were J. Ronnie and Jennifer Hasozbek-Garcia, then of Waterfront Properties and Club Communities, but now of Premier Estate Properties. Southlake is an iconic snake-shaped building. Giuliani’s unit, 5D, has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, an east-facing balcony and is just steps from Palm Beach’s famous Worth Avenue.

    Giuliani was disbarred in New York in July for his role in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election by making false claims about voter fraud and election interference.

    Giuliani has been plagued by financial difficulties in recent years. In addition to the election interference judgment and another lawsuit filed by a former employee, he faced an IRS lien on his Palm Beach condo.

    He also fell behind on paying property taxes on his Palm Beach condo. Between November 17 and a little over two weeks later The Palm Beach Post reported on a creditor’s plans to foreclose on the condo by April — and on June 28, Giuliani paid three years of property taxes totaling $128,769.85, including fees, to the county, according to the tax collector’s office website.

    Palm Beach Daily News Staff Writer Darrell Hofheinz and USA Today contributed to this report.

    Kristina Webb is a reporter for the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida network. You can reach her at [email protected]. Subscribe today to support our journalism.

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