I really have no sympathy for the hypocrites at Nike who are so proud of their social justice crap while their overpriced sh*tkickers are made in SE Asian sweatshops by children forced to work under dangerous slavelike conditions. Nor do I GAFF about Avenatti, the badass who was gonna take down the eeeevil Trump. What happened to the tough guy, where did he go? How did such a high power, high profile shyster get himself in such a nasty trick bag? My how the mighty have fallen! Too, bad Mikey.
TOO BAD!
To: Impala64ssa
IOW, he's saying that as a lawyer (means) he had a good reason to extort Nike (motive) and interacted with them for other reasons (opportunity).
Hmmmm, Nike have anything to say about this Avenatti or should we just take pity on you and let you get back to banging former porn stars and telling lies about Trump?
2 posted on
01/03/2020 8:09:07 PM PST by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: Impala64ssa
Bubba is gonna ask Mikey if he wants to be the husband, or the wife...
3 posted on
01/03/2020 8:11:21 PM PST by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: Impala64ssa
4 posted on
01/03/2020 8:15:18 PM PST by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: Impala64ssa
I only hope both sides suffer bigly and both lose.
5 posted on
01/03/2020 8:20:39 PM PST by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: Impala64ssa
Porn lawyer is getting his just deserts. He just couldn’t figure that as a con man, he really sucks!
6 posted on
01/03/2020 9:00:03 PM PST by
ImpBill
(Conservative voter sans political Party!)
To: Impala64ssa
Avenaughty has encountered Stormy weather.
To: Impala64ssa
It’s called proving your M O T I V E.
8 posted on
01/03/2020 9:43:53 PM PST by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: Impala64ssa
I wish both sides would lose.
The reality is though Avenatti is now trying to argue motive isn’t precedent for a crime.
That’s not going to persuade the court to thrown out the prosecution’s case.
My advice? Strike a plea deal. Spending a long stint in the federal pokey isn’t worth the cost of losing at trial.
His lawyers if he has any are going to tell him to settle. The chance of being acquitted are slim to none and I wouldn’t bet the farm on slim.
10 posted on
01/04/2020 1:19:09 AM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Impala64ssa
“It goes to motive, Your Honor.”
11 posted on
01/04/2020 3:37:18 AM PST by
jimfree
(My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
To: Impala64ssa
From today (January 6, 2019):
Citing an alleged extortion of comedian Bill Cosby in the late 1990s, U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe in Manhattan said prosecutors could try to prove that Avenatti engaged in wrongful conduct by threatening Nike with economic and reputational harm unless it paid him millions of dollars.
Gardephe also called it premature to dismiss as vague the two counts, alleging extortion and transmitting interstate communications with intent to extort.
Avenatti is also charged with honest services wire fraud against his client, youth basketball coach Gary Franklin, by concealing how Nike had offered to settle so long as it did not have to hire and pay Avenatti to probe the alleged payments.
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Looks like CPL drew a Dubya district judge, Paul Gardephe [SDNY].
Too bad, so sad.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/celebrity-lawyer-avenatti-fails-to-narrow-nike-extortion-indictment-idUSKBN1Z51LA
12 posted on
01/06/2020 6:39:30 PM PST by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: Impala64ssa
He’s gotta beat this charge - he’s the best Presidential candidate the Dems have!
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