Help keep Salon independent

Foul comments made by Giuliani revealed in audio transcripts back accuser’s claims

Former staffer Noelle Dunphy is suing Giuliani for sexual harassment, and she has the receipts to prove it

Senior Culture Editor

Published

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the funeral for fallen NYPD officer Wilbert Mora at St. Patrick's Cathedral on February 02, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the funeral for fallen NYPD officer Wilbert Mora at St. Patrick's Cathedral on February 02, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Earlier this year, Rudy Giuliani was hit with a sexual harassment suit by former staffer Noelle Dunphy, now vindicated in her claims via the release of audio transcripts indicating the extent to which they’re valid. Filed Tuesday in New York Supreme Court and certified by a court reporting agency, Dunphy tips her case with documentation of conversations with Giuliani in which he makes lewd comments about her body and propositions her sexually, saying such things as, “These breasts belong to me. Nobody else can get near these, okay? I don’t care if they’re flirting or they give you business cards. These are mine, you got it?”  

Elsewhere in the transcripts, Giuliani makes non-related, but equally vile comments, calling the actor Matt Damon a f*g, and saying that Jewish men have small genitalia. According to a statement made to The Daily Beast by Ted Goodman, a political adviser to Giuliani, “Dunphy and Giuliani shared ‘a consensual relationship’ and Dunphy was ‘making harrassmanent [sic] claims against men for the purpose of making money.'” Read a section of the transcripts below:

 

 

By Kelly McClure

Kelly McClure is Salon's Senior Culture Editor, where she helps further coverage of TV, film, music, books and culture trends from a unique and thoughtful angle. Her work has also appeared in Vulture, Vanity Fair, Vice and many other outlets that don't start with the letter V. She is the author of one sad book called "Something Is Always Happening Somewhere." Follow her on Bluesky: @WolfieVibes

MORE FROM Kelly McClure

Related Topics ------------------------------------------

Related Articles