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Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, has one week to transfer the lease to a New York City apartment, a car and other property to a receivership as part of his ongoing legal problems.

The former New York City mayor was ordered to pay two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, more than $148 million in damages for comments he made undermining the 2020 election results. Giuliani filed for bankruptcy after the judgment and Freeman and Moss asked the court to force Giuliani to turn over his New York City apartment, New York Yankees memorabilia and any remaining cash he has.

Giuliani accused Freeman and Moss of committing election fraud as ballot counters in Fulton County, Georgia. He circulated an edited clip of security footage that he claimed showed them passing USB drives. Moss said the “USB drive” was a mint. Freeman and Moss sued Giuliani over his verbal attacks on them in the wake of the 2020 election, saying they led to death threats that caused them to fear for their lives.

“I will always have to be careful about where I go and who I will be able to share my name with,” Freeman told reporters after winning the defamation case in December. “I miss my name.”

On Tuesday, Judge Lewis Liman granted the request to take control of some of Giuliani’s assets. The judge gave him seven days to transfer the following property to a receivership:

• The shares evidencing his interest in 45 East 66th Street Owners Corp., appurtenant to the apartment located at 45 East 66th Street, Apt. 10W, New York, NY 10065, and any proprietary lease, and other document entitling him to ownership and possession of such apartment;
• All rights and interests in, and cause of action for, fees owed to Mr. Giuliani for services rendered in 2020 and 2021 to former President Trump’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee
• The nonexempt cash in the checking accounts held at Citibank, N.A. with account numbers ending in 1428 and 5812
• Mercedes-Benz, Model SL500, model year 1980
• Various items of furniture
• Television
• Sports Memorabilia
• Signed Reggie Jackson picture
• Signed Yankee Stadium picture
• Signed Joe DiMaggio shirt
• Costume jewelry
• Diamond Ring
• 2 Bulova Watches
• 5 Shinola Watches
• 1 Tiffany & Co. Watch
• 1 Seiko Watch
• 1 Frank Muller Watch
• 1 Graham Watch
• 1 Corium Watch
• 1 Rolex Watch
• 2 IWC Watches
• 1 Invicta Watch
• 2 Breitling Watches
• 1 Raymond Weil Watch
• 1 Baume & Mercer Watch
• 6 additional Watches
• Any additional property as may be ordered by the court upon motion of receivers or other judgment creditors of the defendant.

Once the property is transferred to the receivers, they have the ability to transfer or facilitate the sale of the property to satisfy the judgment. Giuliani was also barred from getting rid of any property subject to the order.

It’s possible Giuliani could also lose his Palm Beach condo, and Liman ordered him to not do anything to decrease the value of it or attempt to sell it. Giuliani is fighting to keep the property and declared it a homestead.

Newsweek reached out to one of Giuliani’s attorneys via email for comment.

Noticeably absent from the order were the three World Series rings that Moss and Freeman wanted Giuliani to be forced to part with. On October 9, Giuliani’s son, Andrew Giuliani, joined a civil suit to maintain ownership of the Yankee rings. He claimed in court filings that the rings don’t belong to the former mayor because he actually gifted them to Andrew in 2018.

“As a child and young adult, I had spent many nights with my father watching Yankees games and bonding over our love for the team, and I was excited about receiving the rings,” Andrew wrote in a court filing. “He said to me, in substance and in part, ‘I told you when I got these that they would be yours someday, and I want to give them to you now.'”