Rudolph W. Giuliani was released from the hospital on Monday afternoon after a car crash in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday night, according to Arthur L. Aidala, a friend of Mr. Giuliani.
Mr. Aidala said Mr. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and lawyer for President Trump, was in high spirits when they spoke by phone. “I have some healing to do, but I’m otherwise in great shape,” Mr. Giuliani said, according to Mr. Aidala.
Mr. Giuliani, 81, intended to recuperate in Manchester but did not specify where, Mr. Aidala said.
Mr. Giuliani suffered fractured vertebra when he was rear-ended while traveling as a passenger on Interstate 93 near Manchester.
“A little car accident won’t be slowing him down,” said Michael Ragusa, the security chief for Mr. Giuliani, who led New York through the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
On social media, Mr. Ragusa tried to dispel speculation that the crash was an intentional attempt to harm Mr. Giuliani, who was disbarred and has drawn criticism for trying to overturn results of the 2020 election for Mr. Trump.
“This was not a targeted attack,” Mr. Ragusa wrote on X. “We ask everyone to respect Mayor Giuliani’s privacy and recovery, and refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories.”
Reports of how the accident unfolded were a little unclear.
It occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday, New Hampshire State Police said. Theodore Goodman, Mr. Giuliani’s aide, was driving a Ford Bronco northbound on Interstate 93 when a Honda HR-V rear-ended their vehicle. The police identified the Honda’s driver as Lauren Kemp, 19, of Concord.
All three had non-life-threatening injuries, the police said.
Before the crash, Mr. Giuliani’s car had stopped on the side of the highway to help a woman who had flagged them down during a reported domestic dispute on the south side of Route 93, Mr. Ragusa said.
Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Goodman waited for the police to arrive, then pulled back on to the highway and were hit from behind by Ms. Kemp, Mr. Ragusa said. He said that “they were going too slow.”
In text messages with a Times reporter on Sunday, Ms. Kemp seemed unaware that Mr. Giuliani was in the car she had hit. Ms. Kemp said was not seriously hurt, “just sore and two stitches under my eyebrow.”
She did not immediately respond to additional requests for comment Monday.
The collision sent both cars into the median, and the state troopers and fire personnel who had been attending to the domestic incident on the south side of the highway crossed over to help, police said. No charges have been filed, and the crash is under investigation. State police declined to provide any additional comment on Monday.
The location of the hospital where Mr. Giuliani received treatment was not disclosed.
Mr. Giuliani served as mayor of New York City from 1994 through 2001. A post from his social media account on Sunday afternoon thanked his business partner, Maria Ryan, who is a nurse practitioner in New Hampshire, for “overseeing” his care.
Mr. Giuliani and Ms. Ryan attended a New Hampshire Fisher Cats baseball game in Manchester on Saturday before the crash, according to a video from a local news website.
Mr. Giuliani has faced a series of legal and financial problems in recent years. He filed for bankruptcy in New York in 2023. But after he refused to comply with basic court requirements, the case was dismissed, leaving his assets vulnerable to his many creditors.
He became a national hero after helping the city navigate the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. He ran for president in 2008, but his candidacy never took off.
Then he became a key adviser to Mr. Trump and a pariah in many corners of New York. He was disbarred from practicing law in New York last year after being indicted in Arizona and Georgia in cases involving efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. He had faced a $148 million judgment granted to two Georgia election workers he defamed while trying to help Mr. Trump overturn the election; the case was settled in January.
Emma G. Fitzsimmons contributed reporting. Sheelagh McNeill contributed research.
Katherine Rosman covers newsmakers, power players and individuals making an imprint on New York City.
Michael Rothfeld is an investigative reporter in New York, writing in-depth stories focused on the city’s government, business and personalities.
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