Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press

Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit. The former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts.

Those included hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax liabilities, money he owes his lawyers and many millions of dollars in potential legal judgements in lawsuits against him.

The biggest of those is the $148 million he was ordered to pay a week ago for making false statements about two former election workers in Georgia stemming from the 2020 presidential contest.

A Giuliani spokesperson says the filing will give Giuliani a chance to pursue an appeal of last week’s jury award.