Jury Deliberates on Damages in Giuliani Defamation Case

Published on December 14, 2023

The jury in Rudy Giuliani’s defamation trial entered deliberations on Dec. 14 following closing statements in which the plaintiffs’ attorney asked for tens of millions of dollars in damages. Michael Gottlieb, an attorney for 2020 election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, asked the jury to provide at least $24 million in reputational damages for each of them. The amount for intentional infliction of emotional distress is to be determined by the jury. Jurors were also instructed to award punitive damages, which Mr. Gottlieb said should be above and beyond whatever compensatory damages are awarded. Mr. Gottlieb argued that the two women should have been seen as heroes but instead were targeted by Mr. Giuliani, who abused his notoriety to defame them. His closing statement started by portraying Mr. Giuliani as unrepentant. He played a video of Mr. Giuliani saying earlier in the week that his statements about the women were true....

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