Former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss took the stand on Dec. 12 in the defamation trial against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who worked as a lawyer for Donald Trump. Moss told jurors that the onslaught of lies brought forth by the 79-year-old conservative and other Donald Trump associates made her fear for her life, The Associated Press reports.
Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, became the target of a conspiracy theory that alleged the 2020 presidential election results in the
state had been rigged. Trump supporters and allies falsely claimed that Moss and Freeman were involved in “changing votes.” The 39-year-old woman said that the death threats, harassment, and racist messages she has received have stricken her with fear.“I’m most scared of my son finding me and or my mom hanging in front of our house on a tree having to get news at school that his mom was killed,” she said. “I was afraid for my life. I literally felt like someone going to come and attempt to hang me and there’s nothing that anyone will be able to do about it.”
Giuliani was found liable in the defamation case and admitted to making “false” statements about the women in July, MSNBC reports, and Moss and Freeman are seeking tens of millions in damages from the disgraced politician. Their lawyers estimate that the negative effect on their reputations could be worth $47 million. Giuliani’s legal team vehemently disagrees with the numbers, saying the request is the “civil equivalent
of the death penalty” as Giuliani faces a bevy of lawsuits and is in danger of being disbarred. Still, the former mayor has been unrelenting in his accusations of Moss and Freeman.On Dec. 12, Giuliani told reporters, “When I testify, the whole story will be definitively clear that what I said was true, and that whatever happened to them — which is unfortunate about other people overreacting — everything I said about them is true.”
Moss pointed to Giuliani’s most recent comments as proof positive that any efforts she and her mother made to move on from the harmful claims continued to be thwarted by Giuliani’s insistence of their guilt. “I personally cannot repair my reputation at the moment because your client is still lying on me and ruining my reputation further,” she told his lawyers
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