Rudy Giuliani ‘demanded oral sex while on phone to Trump’

Donald Trump’s former lawyer allegedly demanded oral sex while he was on the phone to his high profile friends, including the former president.

Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani (Photo by MANDREL NGAN / AFP)

A former associate of Rudy Giuliani sued the ex-New York mayor for $US10 million ($A15m) on Monday, alleging he subjected her to “wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment.”

Noelle Dunphy also accused Mr Giuliani of wage theft and “alcohol-drenched rants that included sexist, racist, and anti-Semitic remarks,” that made her work environment “unbearable.”

The lawsuit says that the former personal lawyer for Donald Trump “often demanded oral sex while he took phone calls on speaker phone from high-profile friends and clients, including then-President Trump.”

The suit, filed in a New York State court, says that Ms Dunphy began working for Mr Giuliani in January 2019 as his director of business development on a salary of $US1m ($1.5m) a year.

She alleged that Mr Giuliani began abusing her almost immediately after she started working for him.

Rudy Giuliani is being sued accused of sexual assault. Picture: Mandrel Ngan / AFP

“He made clear that satisfying his sexual demands — which came virtually anytime, anywhere — was an absolute requirement of her employment and of his legal representation,” the lawsuit said.

It stated that Mr Giuliani, 78, coerced Ms Dunphy into giving him oral sex “against her will,” at his apartment.

The lawsuit also alleges that Mr Giuliani “often demanded that she (Ms Dunphy) work naked, in a bikini, or in short shorts with an American flag on them that he bought for her.”

The suit said that Mr Giuliani would often video-call the plaintiff “from his bed, where he was visibly touching himself under a white sheet”.

Ms Dunphy also claimed that Mr Giuliani said her pay “would have to be deferred and her employment kept ‘secret’” until his divorce proceedings finished.

The lawsuit seeks $US10m ($15m) in damages.

Rudy Giuliani was the personal lawyer of former US President Donald Trump. Picture: Robert Perry/Getty Images

A spokesman for Mr Giuliani said in a statement sent to US media that he “vehemently and completely denies the allegations in the complaint and plans to thoroughly defend against these allegations”.

“This is pure harassment and an attempt at extortion,” the spokesman said.

Mr Giuliani was mayor of New York for eight years, earning national acclaim for leading the US financial capital in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US by al-Qaeda.

But his reputation has plummeted in recent years, in large part due to his promotion of the conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from Mr Trump.