# Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in a car accident (Breaking News) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [August 31, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633 "2025-08-31T19:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/1 "2025-08-31T19:59:51Z")
Shortly after rendering aid to a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident, Rudy Giuliani was driving home on the highway when his vehicle was struck from behind. He suffered a fractured thoracic vertebra, cuts and bruises, and injuries to his legs. > **[Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in car accident, his spokesperson says](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-car-wreck-injuries-b2817430.html)** > > The 81-year-old suffered a back injury after his car was hit from behind, his spokesperson says Best wishes. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/2 "2025-08-31T20:07:16Z")
For the moment I will note that the breaking news _article_ (the thread isn’t noted as such) specifies that all the reporting is coming from Giuliani’s _spokesperson_, so considering Rudy’s past actions, I will wait for a formal police report or other semi-independent reporting on the event before I comment further. > Giuliani’s car was hit from behind on Saturday night, spokesperson Michael Ragusa told _The Independent_. The 81-year-old was taken to a nearby trauma center, where physicians discovered he had a “fractured thoracic vertebrae” and multiple cuts and bruises, Ragusa said. > > Shortly before the incident, Giuliani’s spokesperson says the ex-mayor had been helping a woman who was injured in a domestic violence incident. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/3 "2025-08-31T20:24:50Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Shortly after rendering aid to a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident,… Already my ‘spidey-sense’ is tingling. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/4 "2025-08-31T20:28:46Z")
Plot twist: Giuliani was the one doing the domestic violence in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/5 "2025-08-31T20:47:18Z")
Thoughts and Prayers. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/6 "2025-08-31T21:17:37Z")
How drunk was he, Johnny? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/7 "2025-08-31T21:19:58Z")
He’s a Republican, and so is undeserving of sympathy for any reason. It’s not like he’s feel sympathy for me, after all. Nor do I buy that a Republicans would do anything about a woman who is domestic violence victim, except possibly pitch in with the beating or rape her. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/8 "2025-08-31T21:24:57Z")
The story makes no sense, they’re trying to get ahead of the story that he had banging a prostitute or something. I hope he has a speedy recovery and then gets in another car crash on the way home from the hospital and dies. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/9 "2025-08-31T21:27:24Z")
I hope he gets the best care Four Seasons Hospital can provide. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/10 "2025-08-31T21:28:47Z")
Was he trying to whip is junk out at the time? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/11 "2025-08-31T21:31:29Z")
Little smokies don’t actually “whip” out so much as hide. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/12 "2025-08-31T21:32:44Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > Plot twist: Giuliani was the one doing the domestic violence in the first place. Less a plot twist and more just meeting the audiences expectations. > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I hope he has a speedy recovery and then gets in another car crash on the way home from the hospital and dies. Death’s too good for him. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/13 "2025-08-31T21:33:32Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > The story makes no sense, they’re trying to get ahead of the story that he had banging a prostitute or something. This seems likely. The Giuliani-camp post was weirder than weird: [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreic5zbpmqcjqf43er5bj5exhuvfjn25ha7dtbh3flryme745yvvl2u@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreic5zbpmqcjqf43er5bj5exhuvfjn25ha7dtbh3flryme745yvvl2u@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/14 "2025-08-31T21:36:35Z")
Moderating: > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Nor do I buy that a Republicans would do anything about a woman who is domestic violence victim, _except possibly pitch in with the beating or rape her_. Emphasis mine. This is way over the line for any forum, but certainly for MPSIMS. You’ve been here a long time and should know better. This is a formal warning for disregarding our rules. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/15 "2025-08-31T21:40:28Z")
My take on that press release is that the ‘rendering aid’ part had nothing whatsoever to do with the ‘struck from behind at high speed’ part. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/16 "2025-08-31T21:41:48Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The Giuliani-camp post was weirder than weird: So far, the only news outlets I’ve seen carrying the story are simply quoting Giuliani’s press release. Many others, like CNN, currently aren’t carrying the story at all. It will be interesting to see what the full story is, which I bet will differ significantly from the statement. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/17 "2025-08-31T21:42:08Z")
Do mayors get to retain their title after they leave office? I don’t recall any other former mayors doing this. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/18 "2025-08-31T21:43:04Z")
How is a man who owes tens of millions in damages (to Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea Moss) able to employ a “head of security”? ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/19 "2025-08-31T21:44:13Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Already my ‘spidey-sense’ is tingling Yeah, definitely. Giuliani was “rendering aid to a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence” he was, was he? Hmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633/20 "2025-08-31T21:44:20Z")
Moderating: > [@ricepad](#): > > Was he trying to whip is junk out at the time? You, too, have been here a long time and should know better. This is nothing more than gratuitous, gross commentary. Since you don’t push the line like others, no warning this time. However in future, remember which forum you’re posting in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633.md?page=2)