Posted on 03/25/2019 2:08:29 PM PDT by edwinland
AVENATTI then laid out again his threat of harm to Nike, adding that “as soon as this becomes public, I am going to receive calls from all over the country from parents and coaches and friends and all kinds of people – this is always what happens – and they are all going to say I’ve got an email or a text message or – now, 90% of that is going to be bullshit because it’s always bullshit 90% of the time, always, whether it’s R. Kelly or Trump, the list goes on and on – but 10% of it is actually going to be true, and then what’s going to happen is that this is going to snowball . . . and every time we got more information, that’s going to be the Washington Post, the New York Times, ESPN, a press conference, and the company will die – not die, but they are going to incur cut after cut after cut after cut, and that’s what’s going to happen as soon as this thing becomes public.”
(Excerpt) Read more at justice.gov ...
Avenatti (CPL), Nike and even CNN. Caught up in a scummy scandal.
Winning. Still not tired of it yet.
Ok, if they’re now arresting people for this, when does JJ get popped?
I’m so far from tired of winning.
This is a great distraction from Hillary and Obama and the demorats. It’s another story for the media to push so the finger never gets pointed their way.
This is a great distraction from Hillary and Obama and the demorats. It’s another story for the media to push so the finger never gets pointed their way.
What an idiot....tapes his crooked shakedown ....or is it in writing?
You would think this would kill his presidential aspirations, but then, he’s a Democrat...
I feel like I took out the hottest chick I ever dreamed of and she told me she wants to get lucky tonight.
Millions disguised as merely an earned retainer. Only a lawyer’s calculating mind ... One wonders how much of this skulduggery goes on.
If you can’t trust a porn lawyer, who can you trust?
After the “Golden Showers” bungle with Trump..............
NOW the NYC Feds is good guys fer going after Avenatti......?
NOW the FIBBIs is good guys?.................REEEEAlly???
Fer a buncha sneakers, too?
Hi, Liz -
I think Nike is the one that taped it, this time.
LOL
If Nike was smart, they’d get out in front, fire their employees that were dishing the cash to the High School Students and move forward.
Jesse Jackson is envious of this extortion racket.
And Jesse is the Grandfather of these types of shakedowns.
I believe they waited until he'd actually called the press conference before they nabbed him. That's called nailing the coffin really tight.
All I’m saying is if you read the description of what Avenatti was trying to do, it is exactly what Jesse Jackson has been doing successfully for decades. The DOJ and FBI are corrupt to the core, but that’s another matter.
SDNY has noticed the wind shift and is adjusting their sails.
The central nature of Avenatti’s crime is described here:
“Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “As alleged, Avenatti used illegal and extortionate threats for the purpose of obtaining millions of dollars in payments from a public company. Calling this anticipated payout a retainer or a settlement doesn’t change what it was – a shakedown. When lawyers use their law licenses as weapons, as a guise to extort payments for themselves, they are no longer acting as attorneys. They are acting as criminals, and they will held responsible for their conduct.”
In bygone days, I thought Daphne was hot, but I’m beginning to think Velma just might have been keeping something hidden under that sweater...
Unless it was all just a latex mask over Don Knotts, in which case, nevermind.
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