Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy creditors are to serve a subpoena on the daughter of Giuliani’s alleged girlfriend.
Vanessa Ryan, also known as Vanessa Fenderson, should hand over all documentation that shows an alleged business relationship with Giuliani, according to a draft subpoena submitted in court on Tuesday.
Vanessa Ryan is a daughter of Dr Marie Ryan, who co-hosts a podcast with Giuliani. In two previous court documents filed in June, the creditor committee has said that Dr. Ryan is Giuliani’s “reported girlfriend.” The relationship has been denied by Giuliani’s head of security.
New York law allows for “the issuance of a subpoena without prior judicial approval, except in certain limited circumstances” according to the Reporters’ Committee For The Freedom Of The Press.
Giuliani’s creditor committee has issued at least 28 subpoenas to various people and companies, his lawyers have said in court.
Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, declared bankruptcy after a Georgia jury awarded $148 million to two Georgia election workers who had filed a defamation lawsuit against him.
While working as an election attorney for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, Giuliani falsely alleged that mother and daughter Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss had committed election fraud while counting ballots in Fulton County, Georgia.
Vanessa Ryan has become an increasing focus for the creditor committee, which is seeking to find out as much as possible about Giuliani’s finances.
It has accused Giuliani of not declaring his assets to them.
Michael Ragusa, Giuliani’s head of security, told Newsweek that Ryan is not Giuliani’s girlfriend and that the two are only business partners.
“Dr. Maria Ryan is Mayor Giuliani’s business partner and nothing more. Any reports of her being his girlfriend are false rumors made up by the mayor’s enemies to damage his reputation and anyone associated with him,” he said.
The creditor committee also claimed in a recent court document that it wants full disclosure of the financial relationship between Vanessa Ryan and Giuliani.
In this latest filing on June 28, the creditors informed the court that they will “cause the attached subpoena to be served via process on Vanessa Ryan, aka Vanessa Fenderson.”
They include a list of the items they are seeking from Vanessa Ryan, including any negotiable Instruments; cryptocurrency wallets and all “documents and communications concerning any fundraising efforts conducted by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the Debtor or any of the Giuliani Defense Funds.”
Newsweek sought email comment from Giuliani’s spokesman and from Vanessa Ryan on Tuesday.
The creditors are also seeking “all documents and communications regarding the total revenue, yearly revenue and monthly revenue received by any of the Debtor Related Entities, including, but not limited to, revenue received from Common Sense, Uncovering the Truth, The Rudy Giuliani Show, America’s Mayor Live, the Debtor’s appearances on any media outlets and from the provision or facilitation of security, legal or consulting services.”
In a filing on June 14, Giuliani’s lawyers say that at least 28 people and companies have been subpoenaed by the creditor committee as they seek to uncover Giuliani assets.
The lawyers say that a “widening group of people both inside and outside the debtor’s orbit” are now being subpoenaed.
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