A woman in New York – who claims to be a former employee of former mayor of New York City and ex-attorney for Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani – is suing him for $3.1 million. 

She accuses him of being a sexual predator.

The lawsuit alleges that Giuliani demanded sexual favors from the woman and created a toxic work environment. 

She says he fired her and threatened her in order to keep her from talking about the sexual harassment she alleges. 

Noelle Dunphy, 43, claims that starting in 2019, she worked for Giuliani and stayed for three years. She said that the ex-attorney had her work off-the-books as a “secret” business development employee from 2019 to 2021. Dunphy admits that the two were involved in a romantic affair, but things went downhill when he started demanding sexual favors and drinking too much.

Dunphy, who chose to represent herself in the case, wrote that Giuliani made the work environment very toxic and difficult with him often making derogatory comments about minorities, women, and anyone he considered disloyal.

The lawsuit claims that Giuliani frequently made bigoted, racist, and anti-Semitic remarks, including innuendos and insults against women and LGBTQ individuals, especially when he got drunk.

She said at first, Giuliani was her boss and her attorney, but they became closer as their relationship developed. When he was her attorney, he was helping her with abuse that she had suffered earlier in her life.

According to the lawsuit, instead of offering legal advice, Giuliani would get drunk while discussing her case and then leverage his legal counsel to pressure her to have sex with him during their consultations.

Dunphy said she was left feeling more traumatized as a result of Giuliani’s conduct. She was left worse off than before he agreed to help her with her legal problems.

Robert Costello, Giuliani’s attorney, said that Giuliani denies the allegations and that Dunphy never worked for Giuliani.

The lawsuit accuses Giuliani of creating a toxic working environment after drinking alcohol and violating New York State and City laws prohibiting workplace discrimination.

Dunphy said that the former mayor would begin drinking as soon as he got to work and would not stop for the rest of the day, which affected his behavior as her boss and lawyer. She claimed that the divorce from his ex-wife, Judith Giuliani made his drinking worse.

In 2021, Giuliani fired Dunphy, without warning, according to her, after he had subjected her to more sexual harassment and refused to compensate her for work that she had done. Dunphy claims that he fired her because he lost interest in her and was diverting his interest to another prey, another female employee.

Dunphy said she contacted Giuliani about payment,  but he threatened to retaliate against her, reminding her about his political connections to former President Trump and private investigators.

She said that although she agreed to be an off-the-books employee, she had evidence backing up the non-payment accusations.