Judge To Giuliani: “Sheriff Is On Notice” To Arrest You

The New York Daily News reports:

The tough talking former mayor who made his name putting lawbreakers in jail ran up against a tough talking judge who’s ready to do the same — to him. Rudy Giuliani has been warned: Either produce the records of payments he says he made to his ex-wife or expect a deputy to haul him away.

“I mean, the sheriff is on notice to come at a moment’s notice,” Manhattan Civil Court Judge Michael Katz said Friday. “This is a very serious matter.” Katz had already ordered the former mayor and presidential adviser to pay ex-wife Judith Nathan $235,000 as part of their 2019 divorce settlement.

Giuliani, who missed a recent court date, claims the amount is a “gross exaggeration,” and that he has the paperwork to prove it. Only, he hasn’t produced all of it yet, and the judge is getting tired of waiting.

The New York Post reports:



“I don’t understand why it takes two months to get checks from Citibank,” Katz pressed. “I can get my bank records by entering a passcode on the computer. I don’t understand why there is such a delay.”

“Let me apologize for not appearing,” Giuliani told the judge about missing a hearing last month in his divorce case. “It was very stupid. I made a mistake,” Giuliani said, claiming multiple excuses — including that he wrote down the wrong date.

At a prior hearing, “you repeated the date to me, so you knew about it,” Katz scolded. “I said everyone needed to be here on the 23rd and you repeated it to me. I don’t understand your excuse.” But Giuliani responded: “I put it down the wrong way when I left the courthouse.”