In a legal complaint filed May 15, 2023, a woman who says she worked as an off-the-books employee for Rudy Giuliani alleges that he coerced her into sex and owes her nearly $2 million in unpaid wages. | Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
05/15/2023 09:26 PM EDT
A former employee of Rudy Giuliani is suing him for $10 million over allegations of sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and “other misconduct,” including several instances that were recorded, according to a complaint filed Monday.
Noelle Dunphy, the employee bringing the lawsuit, was hired by the former New York City mayor and Trump lawyer in January 2019.
From the start, Giuliani “worked aggressively” to hire her, offering her a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to work for an annual salary of $1 million as his director of business development, Dunphy alleges.
It was an opportunity that was “too good to pass up,” according to the filing. But the offers were “a sham,” motivated by Giuliani’s desire to “pursue a sexual relationship” with Dunphy, and the abuse began “almost immediately,” she alleges.
The 70-page filing details multiple instances of sexual harassment and assault, including accusations that Giuliani forced Dunphy to perform oral sex on him in his Upper East Side apartment, and while he took phone calls. Giuliani “aggressively pursued a sexual relationship” with Dunphy, the filing says, and “made clear that satisfying his sexual demands” was a requirement of her job. He “continually pressured...
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