Rudy's turn

A former associate is suing Rudy Giuliani for alleged sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and other misconduct, accusing the former mayor and Trump lawyer of making "sexual demands" and going on "alcohol-drenched rants that included sexist, racist, and antisemitic remarks," many of which were allegedly recorded.

Noelle Dunphy said she began working for Giuliani in 2019 as his director of business development. Giuliani "began abusing Ms. Dunphy almost immediately after she started working for" him, according to her lawsuit.

"He made clear that satisfying his sexual demands -- which came virtually anytime, anywhere -- was an absolute requirement of her employment and of his legal representation," the lawsuit said.

  ABC

Yes, we're all thinking...and she stuck around?

According to Dunphy, Giuliani promised her a $1 million annual salary but the offer came with a catch: Giuliani was in the midst of an acrimonious divorce and he told Dunphy that her pay would have to be deferred and her employment kept "secret" until the divorce proceedings finished. He claimed that his "crazy" ex-wife and her lawyers were watching his cashflow and that his ex-wife would "attack" and "retaliate" against any female employee that Giuliani hired, the lawsuit said.

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Giuliani apparently decided during the interview that he would use the job offer and his representation as a pretext to develop a quid pro quo sexual relationship with Ms. Dunphy. He was later recorded telling Ms. Dunphy, 'I’ve wanted you from the day I interviewed you,'" the lawsuit said.

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According to the lawsuit, a week into her employment, Giuliani had Dunphy flown to New York on a chartered plane and insisted she stay in a guest suite in his Upper East Side apartment. The two drank and at one point "Giuliani then pulled her head onto his penis, without asking for or obtaining any form of consent. He held her by her hair. It became clear to Ms. Dunphy that there was no way out of giving him oral sex. She did so, against her will," the lawsuit said.

Giuliani often demanded that Dunphy work naked, in a bikini, or in short shorts with an American flag on them that he bought for her, the lawsuit said.

"When they were apart, they would often work remotely via videoconference, and during those conferences Giuliani almost always asked her to remove her clothes on camera. He often called from his bed, where he was visibly touching himself under a white sheet," the lawsuit said.

It really sounds like a mutual agreement. I'm not sure a jury is going to be sympathetic. I'm awaiting criminal charges in the insurrection for Rudy.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 09:41 pm:

Even better...

UPDATE 12:35 pm:

A representative for Giuliani says that he "completely denies the allegations" being made by Dunphy, adding: "This is pure harassment and an attempt at extortion." Giuliani also denies that Dunphy ever worked for him.

  Inside Edition

I guess if he never paid her, she might have a hard time proving she did. But wait.

Dunphy claims that Giuliani also told her that he and then-president Donald Trump were selling pardons for $2 million.

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That is the same amount of money Dunphy claims Giuliani promised to pay her over two years, but according to the lawsuit, all she got in the end was $12,000.

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Dunphy says in her lawsuit that she was only paid $12,000 over the course of the two years she claims she worked for Giuliani. Dunphy says she agreed to work off the books because Giuliani said that his wife Judith would be upset to learn that he hired her amid their acrimonious divorce.

What was she doing for income those two years?  If he was paying her rent, that might go toward proving she worked for him, in at least SOME aspect.