Rudy Giuliani's Legal Problems Deepen

Rudy Giuliani is being sued by accountancy firm BST & Co. CPAs, which claims the former New York mayor failed to pay them the agreed $10,000 for work they undertook valuing his assets during his 2018 divorce from ex-wife Judith Nathan.

The company filed a lawsuit on Monday in New York requesting both the pre-agreed $10,000 retainer plus interest and $15,000 in legal costs. It said repeated requests for payment had been ignored placing Giuliani in breach of his agreement with the firm.

The BST & Co. CPAs case is just the latest legal battle facing Giuliani who is already being sued by longtime lawyer Robert Costello who claims he is owed nearly $1.4 million. He is also being sued by Noelle Dunphy, an ex-employee who alleges the prominent Republican sexually abused her and owes her $2 million in back wages. In May, Giuliani's spokesperson strongly denied Dunphy's claims against him and said he "will pursue all available remedies and counterclaims."

According to BST & Co. CPAs' legal filing on Monday, Giuliani "accepted all of the work performed" by the New York-based company, but "although demands have been made for payment, no payment has been made."

Newsweek has contacted Giuliani for comment via the online contact form of his crisis management firm Giuliani Security & Safety.

Costello, a partner at law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, filed legal action against Giuliani in September claiming he'd only been paid $214,000 out of a promised $1.5 million for his services. In a statement, Giuliani contested the claim, commenting: "I can't express how personally hurt I am by what Bob Costello has done. It's a real shame when lawyers do things like this, and all I will say is that their bill is way in excess to anything approaching legitimate fees."

In addition, Giuliani was one of 19 people indicted, including former President Donald Trump, in Georgia over claims they broke the law attempting to block Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election victory. He has pled not guilty to 13 charges including conspiracy to file false documents, violating Georgia's anti-racketeering RICO act and two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree. Four of those indicted have already cut deals which saw them plead guilty to some charges and agree to cooperate with prosecutors including Jenna Ellis, another former member of Trump's legal team.

In August, Giuliani was ordered by a judge to pay $133,000 in sanctions after failing to provide required documents in the case of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers he baselessly accused of working to subvert the 2020 election. Freeman and Moss are also requesting between $15.5 and $43 million from Giuliani for alleged defamation.

Giuliani has denied any wrongdoing in the case and claimed his political opponents are using "the weaponization of the justice system" against him.

Nathan, Giuliani's third wife, is seeking more than $260,000 that she claims she is owed as part of the former couple's divorce settlement. In December 2022, the former mayor beat a contempt order that could have seen him sent to jail in the case.

In July, Giuliani listed his Manhattan apartment for sale. The following month, he asked his social media followers to help fund his defense in the Georgia election case.