Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday by a jury of all three prices associated to his efforts to extort as much as $25 million fro
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday by a jury of all three prices associated to his efforts to extort as much as $25 million from athletic attire large Nike, in what a high prosecutor referred to as “an old school shakedown.”
The decision in U.S. District Courtroom in Manhattan got here two years after Avenatti gained widespread notoriety for his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her authorized disputes with President Donald Trump.
The bombastic lawyer, who briefly flirted with working for the Democratic presidential nomination, faces two different pending federal felony circumstances this spring associated to alleged thefts of tens of millions of {dollars} from purchasers, together with Daniels, and different severe prices.
“I feel he is in a little bit of a state of shock,” one in every of his protection attorneys, Danya Perry, instructed reporters after the decision, which Avenatti plans to enchantment.
“However he is a fighter, as you all know, and he is staying sturdy.”
Daniels posted an announcement on Instagram, saying: “Sadly, it seems what Michael Avenatti did to me was simply the tip of an iceberg of deceit. I’m not shocked his dishonesty has been revealed on a grand scale.”
She added: “His boastful, fraudulent and overly aggressive conduct turned so pervasive that the jury discovered his true character. Though clearly a simply end result, I do really feel unhappy for his youngsters and silly for believing his…