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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStormy Daniels: Michael Avenatti Sued Trump For Defamation Against My Wishes
Avenatti also started a new fundraising site to raise money for her legal defense fund without telling her, Daniels said. She said she is not sure whether or not she will keep Avenatti on as her lawyer.
Here is her full statement, provided to The Daily Beast:
For months Ive asked Michael Avenatti to give me accounting information about the fund my supporters so generously donated to for my safety and legal defense. He has repeatedly ignored those requests. Days ago I demanded again, repeatedly, that he tell me how the money was being spent and how much was left. Instead of answering me, without my permission or even my knowledge Michael launched another crowdfunding campaign to raise money on my behalf. I learned about it on Twitter.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-michael-avenatti-filed-defamation-case-against-trump-against-my-wishes/
Link to tweet
hlthe2b
(102,059 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Sounds like a ticked off client, and an attorney in financial trouble.
demmiblue
(36,806 posts)for those of us who live in a reality based world.
As to the rest, yep.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)he was getting, here and elsewhere.
MontanaMama
(23,285 posts)via social media they would no longer be my attorney. Love the crap storm that Avenatti delivered to the Fraud and Michael Cohen but I am weary of the side shows.
cilla4progress
(24,701 posts)esp. Lawrence O'Donnell. He was all in on Avenatti. We were pretty well hooked, as well.
I think trumpf is driving us all a little crazy.
11cents
(1,777 posts)...to himself and to his viewers, for how easily he fell for Avenatti's off-the-rack tough-guy act. It's not as if the red flags weren't obvious.
Kaleva
(36,235 posts)"Stormy v. Trump, Cohen et al.
by Stormy Daniels
My name is Stormy Daniels and I want to hold Donald Trump and Michael Cohen responsible for violating campaign finance laws and for their cover-up against the American people. I want their sworn testimony under oath."
"$4,785
pledged of $250,000 stretch target "
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stormydaniels/
I've read articles about the money raised in the first crowd fund campaign and questions on where that half million went.
Kaleva
(36,235 posts)"I am and have always been Stormys biggest champion. I have personally sacrificed an enormous amount of money, time and energy toward assisting her because I believe in her. I have always been an open book with Stormy as to all aspects of her cases and she knows that. The retention agreement Stormy signed back in February provided that she would pay me $100.00 and that any and all other monies raised via a legal fund would go toward my legal fees and costs. Instead, the vast majority of the money raised has gone toward her security expenses and similar other expenses. The most recent campaign was simply a refresh of the prior campaign, designed to help defray some of Stormys expenses.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-michael-avenatti-filed-defamation-case-against-trump-against-my-wishes/
But if one looks at the new crowd fund campaign, it certainly appears that Stormy is in full knowledge of it and approved it:
"Stormy v. Trump, Cohen et al.
by Stormy Daniels
My name is Stormy Daniels and I want to hold Donald Trump and Michael Cohen responsible for violating campaign finance laws and for their cover-up against the American people. I want their sworn testimony under oath."
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stormydaniels/
This is going to get interesting.
MichMan
(11,858 posts)Used her to further his own self promotion IMO
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)discussed "Avanatti for President" to learn and move on.
There is no substitute for learning who a person is and what he or she would bring to office and do with power.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Link to tweet
The defamation suit Avenatti filed which Stormy tells me she did not want him to file could cost her $350k, since a judge has ordered her to pay Trump's legal fees.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)The fan boys and girls will be upset.
Alhena
(3,026 posts)seems like every other day a new story breaks.