{"id":85814,"date":"2019-03-27T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85814"},"modified":"2019-03-26T21:16:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T01:16:44","slug":"michael-avenatti-charged-with-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85814","title":{"rendered":"Michael Avenatti Charged With Extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Avenatti speaks after his court appearance. (William C. Lopez)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember Michael Avenatti? He represented Stormy Daniels, and he also became a favorite media darling. Cocky over how he previously made predictions, he predicted that Trump Jr. would get indicted before the end of last year. He also predicted that President Trump wouldn’t complete the balance of this current term.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, he couldn’t predict what would happen if he did certain things… Like pushing his luck too far or engaging in extortion. He has been charged with attempting to extort Nike.<\/p>\n

From the New York Post<\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n

During an afternoon news conference, Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said Avenatti told Nike that if his demands weren’t met, the company would be “inflicted with cut after cut after cut after cut.”<\/p>\n

“A suit and tie doesn’t mask the fact that at its core this was an old-fashioned shakedown,” Berman said.<\/p>\n

As for the charges against him in California, prosecutors in the Golden State allege that Avenatti stole a client’s $1.6 million settlement and spent the cash on personal expenses and debts, and to run his law firm and former coffee business, Tully’s Coffee, which had stores in Los Angeles and Seattle.<\/p>\n

Avenatti is also accused of defrauding a bank in Mississippi by using fake tax returns to borrow $4.1 million, even though he never filed personal tax returns for 2011, 2012 and 2013 — and still owes the IRS more than $850,000 in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest for 2009 and 2010, the feds said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He had to go to the same court where he held a news conference with Stormy Daniels. There, they let him know what he was being charged with, what his bond was going to be, the condition of the bond, etc.<\/p>\n

He couldn’t find a lawyer to represent his case, so he got appointed a couple of federal lawyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From the New York Post:<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Avenatti apparently couldn’t find a lawyer to represent him on extortion charges following his stunning arrest — and wound up with a pair of court-appointed federal defenders at his side on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Avenatti was hauled into the same downtown Manhattan courthouse where he held a news conference last year with then-client and porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a 2006 affair with Donald Trump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stormy Daniels<\/a> ended his legal services for her due to his dealing with her dishonestly. The above articles, and the details of the charges against him, would substantiate her justification.<\/p>\n

The PDF for the New York<\/a> Charges list details for his distortion charges. The PDF for the Lost Angeles<\/a> charges provide details on wire and bank fraud. Both links from Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But wait! There’s more! According to Fox News<\/a>, Mark Geragos is listed as a co-conspirator. He represented Jussie Smollett. Both Mark Geragos and Michael Avenatti were CNN favorites.<\/p>\n

Your predictions of what Michael Avenatti’s future holds could very well be more accurate than the ones he had on the Trumps.<\/p>\n

You could read details in the above links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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