Rudy Giuliani faces $10 million suit for alleged sexual assault

Former New York City Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani faces a suit from a former employee who has alleged numerous wrongdoings, including sexual assault and harassment.

Noelle Dunphy is seeking $10 million in restitution as part of a suit claiming "unlawful abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and other misconduct."

Dunphy formerly served as the director of business development for multiple firms Giuliani owned, earning a $1 million per year plus expenses, according to the court filing that The Hill obtained. The suit alleges that the Giuliani actively worked to hire her in 2019 and subsequently began abusing her shortly after the start of her employment.

She specifically claims that Giuliani was in a near-constant state of intoxication and rearranged her job priorities to facilitate her close presence to him at any given time.

"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 suit alleges. "Giuliani began requiring Ms. Dunphy to work at his home and out of hotel rooms so that she would be at his beck and call. He drank morning, noon, and night, and was frequently intoxicated, and therefore his behavior was always unpredictable."

"Even when the Covid-19 pandemic halted Giuliani’s ability to physically assault her, he demanded that she disrobe during their work-related videoconferences,' it continues. The suit further outlined an alleged propensity of Giuliani's to descend into bigoted rants that Dunphy says made the workplace environment "unbearable."

Dunphy also alleges that the former mayor was engaged in a scheme with former President Donald Trump to sell presidential pardons for $2 million each wherein the pair would split the fee.

Giuliani "categorically denies all of the allegations of this frivolous complaint," his attorney said, according to CBS News.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.