Daniel Gill, 39, a ShopRite employee, was initially charged with second-degree assault for hitting Giuliani in the back at a Staten Island grocery store while campaigning for Andrew’s son to run for governor of New York. Prosecutors downgraded Gill’s charge to a third-degree assault, a misdemeanor offense, and added two more misdemeanors, a third-degree threat and a second-degree harassment, legal evidence shows.
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Gill was released by police more than 24 hours after his own confession on Monday. He is scheduled for his next court day on August 17. The story goes on under the ad Gill is represented by the Legal Aid Society, which claims that Giuliani exaggerated the meeting with their client to entertain the press. “Our client simply caressed Mr Giuliani, who suffered nothing but bodily harm, just to get his attention, as the video clearly showed,” Legal Aid said in a press release.
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According to the New York Police Department, Gill allegedly said “What’s up, rubbish” to Giuliani after hitting him. Legal Aid claimed that Gill was “watched and threatened” by one of Giuliani’s aides who “allegedly hit Mr Gill in the chest and told him he was going to be” locked up “. “Given Mr Giuliani’s insistence on seeing his name in the press and his proven tendency to distort the truth, we are pleased to correct the record of what exactly happened over Staten Island over the weekend,” the statement concluded.
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Following the slap in the face to Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Gill was arrested immediately and Giuliani demanded his dismissal and prosecution, describing the slap as “a shot in the back, as if someone had shot me.” I went forward, but fortunately I did not fall down “. Trending Stories
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The story goes on under the ad Giuliani claimed the beating could have killed him. “I mean, let ‘s assume I was a weaker 78 – year – old and I hit the ground, I cracked my skull and I’m dead,” she told radio host and former New York mayoral candidate Curtis Slioa. However, the video taken by the New York Post from inside the supermarket – which can be seen in the video posted on Twitter below – shows a different chain of events from the violent attack described by the former mayor. Video of the “attack” on Rudy on ShopRite, where Rudy arrested the man and said that if he was not in better condition he would have fallen, cracked his skull and died. pic.twitter.com/EpgSpPu2fk – Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 26, 2022 According to surveillance footage, a man approached Giuliani from behind and hit him in the back. Giuliani remained standing and pointed at the man, but did not fall forward as he claimed. The story goes on under the ad Giuliani told NBC News on Monday that he would consult a doctor about the stroke, claiming to the New York Times that he had left red marks on his back. Police told NBC News that Giuliani did not need medical attention at the time of the incident.
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After hearing that Gill’s accusations had been downgraded, Giuliani was unhappy and described the video of the incident as “misleading”, according to The Hill. “People around me helped me. “People around me secured the one who did it,” he said. “The videotape you see is probably a little misleading because it just shows this hand on my back.” 0:34 Rudy Giuliani’s apartment in New York raided by federal investigators Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
