Giuliani might face jail time if he would not pay his ex-wife $235K

Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pony up $235,000 to his ex-wife or face the potential for jail time.

The previous New York Metropolis mayor skipped a courtroom listening to Friday and was held in contempt of courtroom by Manhattan Supreme Court docket Justice Michael Katz, the New York Publish reported. If he would not cough up $235,000 by Oct. 7, he might face time behind bars.

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“If the quantity just isn't paid by that date, I’m going to be pressured — sadly, as a result of it’s not one thing I wish to do — I’m going to be pressured to remand the defendant into custody,” Katz warned, per the report.

Giuliani's former spouse Judith filed a lawsuit contending that he fell behind on funds for his or her divorce settlement. After Rudy Giuliani failed to point out as much as the listening to to rebuff his former spouse's claims, the choose issued a judgment ordering him to pay $225,000 along with $10,000 value of lawyer charges, in keeping with the report.

Below the divorce settlement, Giuliani pledged to pay her $5,000 a month to assist her rent an assistant or housekeeper, the Day by day Mail reported. He additionally agreed to pay her $200,000 for a property they owned collectively. In her swimsuit, Judith Giuliani purportedly stated he owed $262,000. Thus far, he has reportedly paid $45,000.

"I do owe her cash, however I do not owe her $260,000," Rudy Giuliani reportedly stated.

She filed the swimsuit in opposition to him final month. The pair break up in 2018, ending 15 years of marriage. They engaged in a courtroom squabble over the $30 million they amassed and reached a settlement in 2019.

This isn't the primary time Giuliani has missed a courtroom listening to in a continuing in opposition to him. He beforehand missed a courtroom listening to in his bid to struggle a subpoena from investigators in Fulton County, Georgia, over the summer time. His attorneys cited a medical process that restricted his journey as the explanation for him lacking the listening to. The previous mayor underwent a coronary heart stent process in July, in keeping with the New York Publish.

He was in the end ordered to testify and apparently gave six hours of deposition earlier than investigators final month. Prosecutors in Fulton County expressed curiosity in claims he made earlier than a state Senate panel claiming a video proved election fraud passed off in Georgia's State Farm Area. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger disputed that declare.