- A new lawsuit from a former staffer alleges Rudy Giuliani made frequent racist and sexist remarks.
- The former staffer alleged Giuliani said Jewish people need to “get over the Passover.”
- “The red sea parted, big deal,” Giuliani said, the lawsuit alleges.
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City-turned disgraced Trump attorney, frequently made sexist, racist, homophobic, and otherwise offensive comments, a former employee alleged in a bombshell civil lawsuit filed Monday, which also accuses Giuliani of rape and sexual harassment.
Noelle Dunphy, a former staffer for Giuliani alleged in a 70-page lawsuit filed in Manhattan this week that the former Trump attorney fostered a hostile work environment during her two years of employment, forcing her to engage in sex acts and listen to “revolting” comments about women, Jewish people, and other marginalized groups.
Giuliani, through his spokesman Ted Goodman, “unequivocally” denied the allegations on Monday: “Mayor Giuliani’s lifetime of public service speaks for itself and he will pursue all available remedies and counterclaims.”
But Dunphy alleges that Giuliani often made “outrageous comments,” including racist, antisemitic, homophobic, and sexist remarks, many of which were recorded, according to the lawsuit. Giuliani spoke in a derogatory way about Jewish men, implying that their genitalia was inferior due to “natural selection,” the lawsuit alleges.
“Jews want to go through their freaking Passover all the time, man oh man,” Giuliani once said, according to the lawsuit. “Get over the Passover. It was like 3,000 years ago.”
“The red sea parted, big deal. It’s not the first time that happened,” he continued, the lawsuit alleges.
Giuliani’s comments about the major Jewish holiday came amid a period of increasing antisemitic incidents in recent years.
The lawsuit alleges Giuliani also made frequent comments referencing “freakin Arabs” and “Jews.”
In the lawsuit, Dunphy recounts several offensive alleged comments Giuliani made during her tenure, including: saying that Black and Hispanic men are more likely to “hit women”; sexualizing several prominent female politicians, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi and the late UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; and making numerous homophobic remarks, including calling actor Matt Damon a “fag.”
Dunphy was hired as director of business development for the Giuliani Companies in January 2019, a position she held for two years until she was terminated after she expressed fear that Giuliani would “try to hurt” her, the lawsuit alleges.
Dunphy said she continued working for Giuliani despite her discomfort with the environment because she wanted to ensure she received the $1 million salary she said he promised her. But by January 2021, Dunphy had only been paid approximately $12,000 over the course of her two years of employment, according to the lawsuit.
“She was continually subjected by Giuliani to a hostile work environment, misogynistic, racist, and antisemitic communications, constant sexual attacks, threats when she brought up the salary she was owed, and threats when she finally found the courage to confront him with her fears and the possibility of legal action,” the lawsuit alleges.
Dunphy also alleged that Giuliani forced her to engage in sex acts while he was making business calls, saying it made him feel like Bill Clinton. She also accused her former boss of having sex with her while she was too drunk to consent and trying to sell presidential pardons.
