I’ve read the Federal complaint and it looks like this is a solid civil case. Given the amount CPL probably stole from this poor guy, the requested compensatory damages look reasonable and there ought to be lots of highly justifiable punitive damages. Smart move only filing the suit after CPL got indicted for the same thing.
you can’t get blood out of a turnip. Avenatti has no money.
Might be a solid case but if the poor guy’s paying for the suit himself it’s a very bad idea. Avenatti’s quite publicly broke, even got thrown out of his offices in San Diego last year for nonpayment of rent. While that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s literally broke since he’s no doubt sheltered assets somewhere, it means that winning in a suit against him is going to be a sort of hollow victory. I suspect any plaintiff against Avenatti at this point would come up empty-handed even if they won.