- Rudy Giuliani faces a $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former female employee
- The ex-lawyer of former President Donald Trump was portrayed in legal documents as a hard drinker and a womanizer
- Robert Costello, an attorney for the defendant, said that the allegations were "nonsense"
A former employee of Rudy Giuliani, the ex-lawyer of Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and is seeking at least $10 million.
The woman, identified as Noelle Dunphy, said in her lawsuit that she previously worked for Giuliani as his business development director and public relations consultant, a job that lasted from 2019 to 2021.
Rudy Giuliani Faces $10 Million Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
The complainant said she first made her allegations public earlier this year but only detailed her claims in a 70-page legal challenge filed on Monday in New York. An attorney for Giuliani, Robert Costello, said that when the woman first filed her complaint, she never worked for "any Giuliani entity" and that her accusations were "nonsense," as per Spectrum News.
A new court filing portrayed Giuliani as a 78-year-old hard drinker and a Viagra-popping womanizer. It added that the former Trump lawyer made satisfying his sexual demands one of the absolute requirements of the complainant's employment.
The woman claims that she was able to make several audio recordings of the defendant, some of which include ones where he can be heard making sexual comments, demanding sex, and making sexist, racist, and antisemitic remarks.
Dunphy's legal team recently declined a request to share the audio recordings, arguing that they were part of the litigation. The woman's complaint includes screenshots of suggestive text messages the defendant allegedly made.
A spokesperson for Giuliani, Ted Goodman, noted that the former New York City mayor denied the allegations made by Dunphy. According to Yahoo News, he added that the former Trump lawyer's lifetime of public service spoke for itself and noted that he would continue to prove his innocence.
Requesting Sexual Favors
Previously, Giuliani was named Time magazine's 2001 Person of the Year, and he became popular as "America's Mayor" for his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Now, his former employee argues that her ex-boss promised to pay her $1 million yearly and represent her for free in other legal matters over domestic abuse.
However, Giuliani allegedly told his former employee that he had to defer her salary until he settled his "acrimonious" divorce from his third wife, Judith. One of the acts that Dunphy accuses the defendant of doing was forcing her to perform "oral s*x on him."
Furthermore, the complainant said Giuliani made her New York work environment unbearable, which later led to her being fired in January of last year without her deferred salary.
Dunphy added that her ex-boss gave her access to his email, which subsequently gave her access to "highly sensitive" information unrelated to her work. This includes correspondence between Giuliani and former United States President Trump and many of the latter's advisers, said Politico.
