Earlier than the crash, the previous New York Metropolis mayor was flagged down by a girl who ‘was the sufferer of a home violence incident,’ a spokesperson stated.
Former New York Metropolis Mayor Rudy Giuliani was injured in a automobile accident in New Hampshire on Aug. 30, a spokesperson has confirmed.
Giuliani spokesman Michael Ragusa stated in a statement on X on Aug. 31 that the previous New York Metropolis mayor was concerned within the accident after he was flagged down by a girl who “was the sufferer of a home violence incident.”
“Giuliani instantly rendered help and contacted 911,” and “he remained on scene till responding officers arrived to make sure her security,” Ragusa stated.
As he was touring on the freeway afterwards, Giuliani’s automobile was hit from behind at a excessive price of velocity, his spokesman added. Giuliani was taken to a close-by hospital’s trauma middle for remedy and was recognized with a fractured vertebra, the assertion stated.
He additionally suffered a number of cuts and bruises and accidents to his left arm and leg, Ragusa stated.
Giuliani, 81, is recovering and in “nice spirits,” Ragusa told the New York Submit.
“He’s a beast. He survived 9/11,” Ragusa stated.
He added to the newspaper that Giuliani, who was the mayor of New York Metropolis from 1994 till 2001, will stay in a New Hampshire hospital for the following three weeks and must put on a brace for a damaged vertebra.
Maria Ryan, a enterprise associate of Giuliani’s who can also be a nurse, additionally confirmed the accidents. She informed the newspaper that he’s “getting additional assessments and stabilization of his accidents.”
Ragusa didn’t present additional particulars in regards to the incident, however added on X that “this was not a focused assault.”
“We ask everybody to respect Mayor Giuliani’s privateness and restoration, and chorus from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories,” he stated.
After his tenure as mayor, Giuliani tried a run for president as a Republican throughout the 2008 election however finally ended his marketing campaign. Later, he grew to become the private legal professional for President Donald Trump and helped file a number of election-related lawsuits on behalf of Trump’s presidential marketing campaign following the conclusion of the 2020 race.
Earlier this yr, Giuliani reached a cope with two former Georgia election staff who received a $148 million defamation judgment towards him following feedback he made after the 2020 election.
Giuliani stated in a press release posted on social media in January that the settlement satisfies the judgment towards him however famous that it “doesn’t contain an admission of legal responsibility or wrongdoing.”
“I and the Plaintiffs have agreed to not ever speak about one another in any defamatory method, and I urge others to do the identical,” he stated.
Ragusa didn’t reply to a request for added remark by publication time.
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