Posted on 05/23/2019 2:48:35 PM PDT by Starman417
This was just too good to pass on. it wasn't very long ago that Michael Avenatti was the darling of the liberal media and CNN in particular. After flying high for quite a while, Avenatti has crashed and burned. Yesterday he was facing new charges- he tried to screw a porn star:
Avenatti was already facing charges for trying to extort Nike.Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti was charged by federal prosecutors in New YorkWednesday with defrauding adult-film star Stormy Daniels, the client who propelled Avenatti into the national spotlight.
Avenatti, 48, faces one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. He faces up to 22 years in prison if convicted of those charges. Daniels is not named in the indictment, but a federal law enforcement official confirmed to Fox News that she is the client prosecutors claimed Avenatti defrauded. Avenatti rocketed to fame representing Daniels when she sued to be released from a non-disclosure agreement involving an alleged tryst with President Trump in 2006. He parlayed his notoriety into numerous cable news appearances and even was floated as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2020.
So popular was he that networks (most likely MSNBC and CNN) reportedly allowed Avenatti to abuse staffers:Michael Avenatti, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels, was accused Monday by federal prosecutors in New York of operating "an old-fashioned shakedown" by trying to extort between $15 and $25 million from sports apparel giant Nike, part of a string of bombshell claims against the celebrity lawyer.
Avenatti, who briefly considered a bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, also was charged with wire fraud and bank fraud in a separate case out of California. He was taken into custody at a law firm where he had gone to meet with Nike executives. The 48-year-old appeared Monday evening in Manhattan federal court, where a magistrate judge ordered his release on $300,000 bond. He did not enter a plea.
Behind the scenes, his behavior was even more volatile. “He had a terrible temper,” one prime-time anchor told me. “He never lost it with me, or really with any of the talent, as far as I know, because it was mostly for the bookers or the people who were behind the scenes. But he would tell people, ‘I’m going to fucking bury you. Why the fuck would you do that?’ if he didn’t like something.” A number of reporters recalled that he would physically invade their space. “His nose gets millimeters from your face and it’s clear he knows no boundaries,” one broadcast reporter and producer told me.During a ten week period Avenatti was on CNN and MSNBC 147 times.Last spring, a print outlet published a story that called into question whether Avenatti had paid someone for information that would have helped his client. According to two people, he confronted the reporter on a cable set to express his displeasure and started to shout: “Fuck me once, shame on you.” People came up to her afterward to make sure she was O.K. “That’s how aggressive and alarming it was.”
His temper often flared when producers and bookers tried to vet stories he was involved in. “It felt like we were enabling a total rage-oholic,” one booker told me. “It was pathological.”
Among the praise showered on him:
Back in May 2018, MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude said on the network, “Michael Avenatti is a beast. He’s a beast and he keeps popping Donald Trump and all of his folks in the mouth, repeatedly.”But the prize for sheer hyperbolic stupidity goes to that twit Ana Navarro who compared Avenatti to the Holy Spirit:Stephanie Ruhle agreed, adding, “I am intrigued, I’m excited, I’m scared, I’m a little grossed out. And you know what? I owe Michael Avenatti an apology. For the last few weeks, I’ve been saying, ‘Enough, already, Michael, I’ve seen you everywhere. What do you have left to say?’ I was wrong, brother. You have a lot to say. The Democrats could learn something from you. You are messing with Trump a lot more than they are.”
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There are meaner people in prison as he will find out. I do not see him doing well or lasting through his time.
Become your own lawyer and you’ll have a fool for a client. Here a shyster like Avenatti and you’ll have a DAMN fool for a client. What’s the difference between Avenatti and a rooster? The rooster clucks defiant......
Tucker was right .... just a creepy porn lawyer ... and a thief.
I wonder if the California Bar Assoc. will allow him to keep his “Lawyer of the Year” award?
Not a pretty sight.
CNN Ratings Hit Four Year Low (The Michael Avenatti montage.)
https://youtu.be/NBrN7CMnBtg
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