Rudy Giuliani is urging a court to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him, arguing that the claims are largely time-barred and undermined by remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Noelle Dunphy, a former Director of Business Development for Giuliani’s companies, filed the lawsuit in 2023. She alleges that she was subjected to non-consensual sexual acts, as well as wage theft and harassment, while working for the former New York City Mayor and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
The lawsuit, seeking $10 million in damages, includes claims of wide-ranging harassment and wage theft. Giuliani is contending that most of these claims cannot proceed due to statutory time limits, a point that will be considered by the court. For more details on this legal battle, visit the New York Law Journal.