Rudy Giuliani misusing money meant for bankruptcy case to pay salaries of girlfriend, her daughter: creditors
NY Post
Rudy Giuliani is misusing money meant for his bankruptcy case to pay the salaries of his girlfriend and her daughter, new court papers allege.
A group of creditors — to whom the former New York City mayor owes over $150 million — are asking a judge to immediately appoint a trustee to run his finances “to protect the creditors … and [Giuliani] from himself,” according to papers filed in Manhattan federal bankruptcy court Thursday.
The creditors say Giuliani’s “dishonesty, incompetence and gross mismanagement of [his] affairs” mean he can no longer be trusted to act in good faith in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case — which he launched in December to help deal with a $148 million defamation verdict against him for falsely accusing two Georgia election workers of voter fraud.
A prime example of Giuliani’s alleged mismanagement of his money is that he admitted in court papers Monday to “using his income to pay the salaries of his reported girlfriend and her daughter,” the filing alleges.
“[Giuliani] is admitting that his income, an estate asset, is being used to fund their salaries, as ’employees’ … instead of distributions to creditors,” they wrote.
Giuliani, 80, in his Monday court papers, listed Giuliani Communications, LLC’s five employees — including his business partner and reported girlfriend Dr. Maria Ryan and her daughter Vanessa Fenderson.
