Five revelations in the new lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani is “vehemently” denying the shocking allegations made against him in a lawsuit filed Monday in New York, his spokesperson said.

“Mayor Giuliani’s lifetime of public service speaks for itself, and he will pursue all available remedies and counterclaims,” said Giuliani’s communications adviser, Ted Goodman.

The lawsuit was filed by Noelle Dunphy, who said she worked as an off-the-books employee for Giuliani during his stint as former president Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. She alleged in court papers that Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, coerced her into sex and owes her nearly $2 million in unpaid wages.

The 70-page complaint contains graphic descriptions of the 78-year-old Giuliani’s alleged conduct with Dunphy. It alleged that “he made clear that satisfying his sexual demands — which came virtually anytime, anywhere — was an absolute requirement.”

Giuliani, the lawsuit alleged, liked to work with Dunphy at home and at hotels “so that he could easily transition from work, to demanding sexual gratification, and back to work. Thus, Ms. Dunphy worked under the virtually constant threat that Giuliani might initiate sexual contact at any moment.”

“In addition to his sexual demands, Giuliani went on alcohol-drenched rants that included sexist, racist, and antisemitic remarks,” the suit alleged, saying that many of the comments were recorded.

Dunphy, who said she was Giuliani’s business development director and public relations consultant from 2019 to 2021, is seeking at least $10 million in the lawsuit.

In laying out its case against Giuliani, the lawsuit contains a number of other intriguing allegations for those who have followed Giuliani’s transformation from “America’s Mayor” into a diehard Trump defender. Here are five of the most interesting:

Giuliani allegedly told Dunphy he was selling presidential pardons

Dunphy says Giuliani told her in February 2019 that he was selling pardons and would split the money with Trump.

132. He also asked Ms. Dunphy if she knew anyone in need of a pardon, telling her that he was selling pardons for $2 million, which he and President Trump would split. He told Ms. Dunphy that she could refer individuals seeking pardons to him, so long as they did not go through “the normal channels” of the Office of the Pardon Attorney, because correspondence going to that office would be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. — Dunphy lawsuit

Giuliani allegedly hinted that he had a friend hold a $1 million payment for him to hide it from his ex-wife

Dunphy said Giuliani told her that he was in the midst of an acrimonious divorce and needed to keep her employment secret and defer her pay. He allegedly told her that his ex-wife would retaliate against any woman he hired. He also allegedly shared “other schemes he undertook to reduce the amounts he owed to his ex-wife,” including having a friend hold money for him.

119. To bolster his claims about the need to keep Ms. Dunphy’s employment “secret,” Giuliani told Ms. Dunphy about other schemes he undertook to reduce the amounts he owed to his ex-wife. For example, Giuliani told Ms. Dunphy that someone owed him $1 million, but Giuliani hinted that instead of having the money paid to him, he had his friend, Robert Stryk, hold it for him. He said, “Robert Stryk just got me a million-dollar payment.” This statement was recorded. — Dunphy lawsuit

Giuliani allegedly told Dunphy she shouldn’t talk to the FBI

The lawsuit alleged that Giuliani had a “constant fear” of the FBI. In May 2019, Dunphy said, Giuliani directed her not to talk to the FBI about him and things she had witnessed while working for him.

184. At around the same time, Giuliani directed Ms. Dunphy to delete her messages with him. He directed Ms. Dunphy not to talk to the FBI about him and about various matters that she had witnessed while working for him, and he threatened that he had access to professional investigators who could make her look bad even though, Giuliani admitted, she was “very innocent.” Giuliani continued, “You’ve got to be smart enough to know what I have just said.” Ms. Dunphy interpreted these statements as threats and an attempt to intimidate her. — Dunphy lawsuit

In another instance in November 2019, Giuliani “demanded that Ms. Dunphy not talk to or cooperate with the FBI,” telling her they were all “after him,” the suit alleged.

From this point on, Giuliani often spoke to Ms. Dunphy about the FBI’s investigation of him, and Ms. Dunphy understood that participating in these discussions was part of her work for him. He told her that if the FBI sought to interview her, she should “not remember” anything, and should claim that she did not know Giuliani. Ms. Dunphy refused to agree to lie to the FBI, which angered Giuliani. — Dunphy lawsuit

Giuliani allegedly gave access to tens of thousands of his e-mails, including many to prominent figures in Trump’s orbit

Dunphy said Giuliani told her that her duties would include monitoring his e-mail and helping him with correspondence. So he added one of his work e-mail accounts to her computer, causing at least 23,000 of his e-mails to be stored on it. The lawsuit does not mention what happened to the e-mails but includes a lengthy list of prominent Trump-world figures the emails were “from, to, or concerning,” beginning with the twice-impeached president himself.

96. For example, Ms. Dunphy was given access to emails from, to, or concerning President Trump, the Trump family (including emails from Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump), Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, former FBI director Louis Freeh, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow, Secretaries of State, former aides to President Trump such as Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus, and Kellyanne Conway, former Attorneys General Michael Mukasey and Jeff Sessions, media figures such as Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, and Tucker Carlson, and other notable figures including Newt Gingrich, presidential candidates for Ukraine, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, the Ailes family, the LeFrak family, Bernard Kerik, Igor Fruman, Lev Parnas, and attorneys Marc Mukasey, Robert Costello, Victoria Toensing, Fred Fielding, and Joe DeGenova. — Dunphy lawsuit

Dunphy says she has audio to back up her allegations

The lawsuit indicates that Dunphy’s case could be bolstered by evidence from text messages, e-mails and audio recordings. It includes an e-mail and several text messages and asserts in numerous instances that its allegations are backed up by audio recordings.

53. Giuliani gave Ms. Dunphy permission to record her interactions with Giuliani anytime, anywhere, as well as Giuliani’s interactions with others. Giuliani thereafter continually permitted and authorized Ms. Dunphy to make such recordings. He never asked her to stop recording any interaction. At times, Giuliani pressed “record” himself on Ms. Dunphy’s cell phone to record their conversations. — Dunphy lawsuit

Material from Globe wire services was used in this report.

Martin Finucane can be reached at martin.finucane@globe.com.