Michael Avenatti, who previously represented adult star Stormy Daniels, was arrested in Manhattan Monday on charges that he tried to extort more than $20 million from Nike. Avenatti was also charged in a separate federal case in Los Angeles in which he is accused of embezzling a client’s money “in order to pay his own expense and debts,” and of “defrauding a bank in Mississippi,” according to prosecutors. James Margolin, a spokesman for the Southern District of New York, said that Aven...
Michael Avenatti, who previously represented adult star Stormy Daniels, was arrested in Manhattan Monday on charges that he tried to extort more than $20 million from Nike. Avenatti was also charged in a separate federal case in Los Angeles in which he is accused of embezzling a client’s money “in order to pay his own expense and debts,” and of “defrauding a bank in Mississippi,” according to prosecutors. James Margolin, a spokesman for the Southern District of New York, said that Aven...
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