Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was spotted at a baseball game in New Hampshire with his once-rumored girlfriend — just hours before he was badly injured in a freak car accident.
The 81-year-old could be seen sitting next to Maria Ryan, a nurse-practitioner, as they soaked up the Fisher Cats minor league game in Manchester on Saturday night.
Footage shot by local TV station WMUR captured the pair watching something on Ryan’s phone as the game played out.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Ryan was in the car with Giuliani when another vehicle plowed into the back of his rented SUV on a highway hours later.
Giuliani was suffered a fractured vertebrae and multiple cuts and bruises to his left arm and lower leg in the wreck.
When he was discharged from the hospital on Monday afternoon, Ryan told The Post she was helping to oversee his care.
Giuliani and Ryan have for years been dogged by rumors they are an item.
After the local news clip emerged, Giuliani’s spokesman Michael Ragusa stressed the duo’s relationship was only professional.
“The Mayor and Dr Ryan share nothing beyond a professional relationship,” Ragusa told the Daily Mail.
“Her role is strictly focused on ensuring the Mayor’s health and recovery, drawing on her extensive background in clinical leadership and patient care.
“Any suggestion to the contrary is both unfounded and misleading. Mayor Giuliani and D. Ryan remain committed to transparency and professionalism. At this time, their sole focus is on the Mayor’s continued recovery and his return to work serving the American people.”
The Post reached out to the ex-mayor’s rep but didn’t hear back immediately.
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