According to the complaint, which was filed in a New York state court, Dunphy began working for Giuliani in January 2019, and did so until 2021.
She was hired as his director of business development and public relations consultant for $US1 million ($1.49 million) a year, the complaint said.
Rudy Giuliani, pictured with Donald Trump in 2020.Credit: AP
Dunphy alleged that Giuliani began abusing her as soon as she started working for him, kissing her in the back of an SUV on her first day.
The complaint said: “He made clear that satisfying his sexual demands – which came virtually anytime, anywhere – was an absolute requirement of her employment.”
It was claimed Giuliani “often demanded that she work naked, in a bikini, or in short shorts with an American flag on them that he bought for her.”
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The complaint added: “He drank morning, noon, and night, and was frequently intoxicated, and therefore his behaviour was always unpredictable.”
Dunphy claimed that Giulani “took Viagra constantly” and that she “worked under the constant threat that Giuliani might demand sex from her at any moment.
“When they were apart, they would often work remotely via videoconference, and during those conferences Giuliani almost always asked her to remove her clothes on camera.”
It was also claimed that Giuliani, who was Trump’s lawyer at the time, asked her if she “knew anyone in need of a pardon” because he was “selling pardons for $2 million”.
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Dunphy claimed she was told by Giuliani that her salary would have to be deferred until the end of a divorce he was going through.
Giuliani had only paid her $US12,000 and she was still owed $US1,988,000, she claimed.
She also alleged that Giuliani reneged on a promise to give her free legal representation in a separate domestic violence legal case.
She accused him of “unlawful abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and other misconduct.”
The Telegraph, London
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