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Michael Avenatti's two legal cases are serious. This one should worry him more
CNN, via MSN ^ | Mar. 27, 2019 | Eric Levenson

Posted on 03/27/2019 6:32:41 PM PDT by libstripper

The extortion charge against attorney Michael Avenatti in the Southern District of New York is full of headline-making details: vivid quotes on tape, celebrity attorneys and Nike, one of the world's most recognizable companies.

By comparison, the bank fraud and wire fraud charges from federal prosecutors in California are considerably drier, relying on bank statements and financial documents.

But that dryness also means the fraud cases will likely be easier to prosecute -- and therefore more dangerous for Avenatti's precarious legal hopes.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: avenatti; crimes; prosecutions
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In spite of CNN being the source this appears to be a very good analysis of the two indictments Avenatti faces. It's a very good one to read for that information.
1 posted on 03/27/2019 6:32:41 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Don’t think he worries about much!


2 posted on 03/27/2019 6:36:43 PM PDT by t4texas (If you can't run with the big dogs . . . STAY ON THE PORCH!)
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To: libstripper
Well he says he's broke and needs a court-appointed lawyer. One thing for sure - he'll end up getting better legal representation than any of his clients ever had!


3 posted on 03/27/2019 6:46:27 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: libstripper
It's beyond comprehension that he would try to extort Nike.
I wonder if this guy is on cocaine...the “I can do anything” feeling I've heard you get. The whole behavior is beyond bizarre.

Also, this guy is so dirty he doesn't seem to realize everyone isn't like that. His interpretation of Kavanaugh’s FFF in the yearbook was disgusting.

4 posted on 03/27/2019 6:47:43 PM PDT by Aria
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To: libstripper

Will he be representing himself?


5 posted on 03/27/2019 6:49:44 PM PDT by Libloather (Global warming is AWESOME!)
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IMHO he’s a really accomplished criminal who has hundreds of thousands of dollars stashed in many secret places. Anybody who chooses to represent him is going to have to put him through a full squeeze to be assured of being paid. The LA case, as CNN says, represents a really serious threat to him, being based mostly on paper evidence. Fighting that case alone will take hundreds of hours @ something north of $500 per hour.


6 posted on 03/27/2019 6:58:43 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: bigbob

Looks like perjury right there.


7 posted on 03/27/2019 6:59:25 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Do they mean ‘his ass is grassed’?


8 posted on 03/27/2019 7:06:07 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: libstripper

Maybe he will be lucky and happen to know Kim Foxx.

JoMa


9 posted on 03/27/2019 7:11:18 PM PDT by joma89
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To: libstripper

Geragos should represent him.


10 posted on 03/27/2019 7:19:24 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (Progressives need to get over their love affair with abortion.)
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To: libstripper

Looks like CNN has turned on him.


11 posted on 03/27/2019 7:23:45 PM PDT by libertylover (Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
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To: libstripper; All

This is incorrect.
What he should REALLY be worried about are the connections he has to the MXVIM Sex Slaves trial today.

You will note how the media is burying and ignoring this trial, which SHOULD be the Trial of the Century??


12 posted on 03/27/2019 7:27:05 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: t4texas

He got a love letter from the incurious media the first time around so he probably thought he was home and hosed.


13 posted on 03/27/2019 7:29:08 PM PDT by Inkie
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To: libertylover

Looks like CNN has turned on him.
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Sure does. The article is a straightforward, accurate legal analysis. Coming from CNN a real, pleasant surprise.


14 posted on 03/27/2019 7:29:47 PM PDT by libstripper
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Maybe he will be lucky and happen to know Kim Foxx.

that only works if you know the mooch...


15 posted on 03/27/2019 8:15:00 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Libloather
Will he have a fool for a client?
16 posted on 03/27/2019 8:15:25 PM PDT by mumblypeg (I've seen the future, brother. It is murder. --L. Cohen)
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Shouldn’t be too awful hard to get CPL to lie to federal investigators.

Finding a shred of truth in anything he says...that’s the hard part


17 posted on 03/27/2019 8:19:39 PM PDT by digger48
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To: bigbob

Fo’ real??
Hope he gets a recent law school grad. Preferably some guy who barely passed the bar on the second try, & who irritates the hell out of the judge.


18 posted on 03/27/2019 8:21:21 PM PDT by mumblypeg (I've seen the future, brother. It is murder. --L. Cohen)
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To: tcrlaf

I think what worries some people is that we haven’t really seen the full listing of connections to MXVIM slaves and participants. It may be that some journalists and Hollywooders have used their service, and I might even start to wonder if some political figures are attached to this.


19 posted on 03/28/2019 12:50:35 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Aria

Possibly a cokehead (he does have that hopelessly stuck in the ‘80s feel about him). Or, just extremely high on the narcissism scale.

They are certainly not mutually exclusive.


20 posted on 03/28/2019 3:48:46 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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