Bankrupt Giuliani buys bronzer and anti-shine make-up in ‘Amazon spree’

Rudy Giuliani, the bankrupt ally of Donald Trump, bought bronzer and anti-shine make-up in a $2,000 Amazon spree.

The former mayor of New York splashed out on a pack of cheap ties, dress socks, “deep bronze” tanning lotion and anti-shine make-up in May despite declaring bankruptcy at the end of last year.

His creditors have accused him of “gross mismanagement” of his affairs and called on a judge to appoint a trustee to oversee his finances.

‘Troubling quantity of transactions’

They expressed concerns at the “troubling quantity of Amazon and Apple transactions”, calling his spending habits “egregious”.

Mr Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in December after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation case to two Georgia election workers who he falsely claimed tampered with votes in 2020.

In total, he owed about $153 million to around 20 individuals and entities, including millions of dollars in legal fees and unpaid taxes.

It came as Mr Giuliani was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss.

The Manhattan appeals court ruled that Mr Giuliani, who had his New York law licence suspended in 2021 for making false statements about the election, is no longer allowed to practise law in the state, effective immediately.

“The seriousness of [the] respondent’s misconduct cannot be overstated,” the decision reads. Mr Giuliani “flagrantly misused” his position and “baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this country’s electoral process”.

Mr Giuliani’s online purchases were made public by bankruptcy court filings, prompting mockery from some commentators, who accused him of hypocrisy as he laments the decline of American manufacturing but buys cheap imported goods in bulk.

‘False and misleading financial reports’

Although his bankruptcy settlement allowed him a spending sum of $43,000 a month, Mr Giuliani admitted to spending nearly three times that amount in January.

Mr Giuliani’s creditors have asked the judge to appoint an independent bankruptcy trustee to manage his personal and business finances, and stop him from exceeding his spending limits.

The judge overseeing his case has so far been “disturbed” by his lack of progress, but Heath Berger, the former mayor’s lawyer, said things are “finally on track”.

His legal team have insisted that Mr Giuliani has work lined up and could liquidate his apartment as part of the case.

But court documents accuse Mr Giuliani of filing “false and misleading financial reports”, “delaying the inevitable monetisation of his assets” and “ignoring the court’s orders” by “repeated unauthorised payments”.

Having a trustee is “not going to be fun for him”, Susan Block-Lieb, a professor of bankruptcy law at Fordham Law School, told the New York Times. “This is not Club Med.