Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani filed for chapter simply days after he was ordered to pay $148 million in a lawsuit involving two former election staff in Georgia.

Mr. Giuliani filed in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in New York Thursday, itemizing $153 million in debt. The full combines cash he owes to his attorneys, in tax liabilities and from potential authorized judgments in lawsuits in opposition to him. President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is listed as one in every of his collectors.

The biggest quantity of debt is the $148 million he was ordered to pay the 2 Georgians in a defamation lawsuit that stated he made false statements about them surrounding the 2020 election that led to demise threats.

The previous mayor additionally was sued in September by his former lawyer for $1.4 million in unpaid authorized payments. Mr. Giuliani requested a decide to dismiss the case, saying he by no means bought the invoices; the case is pending.

In August, a $549,435 tax lien was filed in opposition to Mr. Giuliani for the 2021 tax yr.

“No individual might have moderately believed that Mayor Giuliani would be capable of pay such a excessive punitive quantity,” Ted Goodman, political adviser and spokesman for Mr. Giuliani, stated.

Mr. Goodman stated the chapter submitting would give Mr. Giuliani “the chance and time to pursue an attraction, whereas offering transparency for his funds beneath the supervision of the chapter courtroom, to make sure all collectors are handled equally and pretty all through the method.”