Posted on 06/02/2022 8:41:14 AM PDT by American Number 181269513
Former star lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with then-president Donald Trump, on Thursday got 4 years in prison for stealing from her.
Avenatti was convicted in early February of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Daniels. He reportedly choked up in court during his sentencing.
During a two-week trial, prosecutors said the California lawyer spun a web of lies to cheat Daniels of nearly $300,000 she was owed for her autobiography, spending it on his firm’s payroll and personal expenses. Avenatti argued in closing arguments that he was acting in good faith, believing he was owed the money and never thinking it was wrong to take it.
The Daniels case was separate from a previous trial, where Avenatti was convicted of trying to extort Nike to the tune of $25 million. In July 2021, he was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years in prison in that case.
Part of Avenatti's sentence in the Daniels case will run concurrently to the sentence in the Nike case.
guess he is not going to be running for president in 2024
I’m so old I remember when Avenatti was supposedly the one who’d put Trump behind bars.
This dude put the ‘scum’ in scumbag.
Typical Leftist Hero in all aspects except one.
He is going to jail. (maybe I should wait to see if he actually does or not...that isn’t a given)
“Porn star”? Actress... maybe. I don’t know that “star” fits as a description for her.
What’s the world coming to when a hooker can’t trust her dirtbag lawyer?
Well, look at the bright side. Avenatti was already sporting a prison haircut ... and he will not have to spend so much on his wardrobe.
Guess all the crones on the View will cover this because he was their hero.....
No punishment for this crime, as the sentence is to run “concurrent” with his other sentence. Nice.
Another member of the Liberal Roster of Heroes.
How come the sentences run concurrently when they’re for two completely unrelated convictions from two separate trials?
One is for extortion against Nike, the other for theft from Stormy.
Did he attempt to get money from Nike in order to pay Stormy?
Wait, I thought he was supposed to get Four Years in the White House as the Democrat President in 2024?
He had to settle for Four Years in the Big House?
One arrogant rotten person.
“guess he is not going to be running for president in 2024”
I was thinking the same thing. Some members of the media were promoting this clown for the Presidency. Well they did get Biden.
He wanted four years in the White House but ended with four in the Big House..
Trump gets the girl, Avenatti gets the hose.
This vicious man is getting what he deserves.
Hopefully, Stormy gave him some tips on "assuming the position" in the big house.
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