Woman alleges Michael Avenatti dragged her, called her "ungrateful"

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

A Los Angeles judge has granted actress Mareli Minutti a restraining order against attorney Michael Avenatti, who she alleges dragged her by her arm across the floor of his Los Angeles apartment and shouted expletives at her, calling her "ungrateful," the AP reports.

Details: Avenatti, who was arrested last week on a felony domestic violence charge, says the allegations are “completely false” and “fabricated.”

Read more: https://www.axios.com/michael-avenatti-domestic-abuse-violence-charges-e2c38207-0d07-483c-b908-bf06232ea33b.html

[PoliticAverse]

1. They omitted the words she claims he used after "ungrateful"...

https://theblast.com/michael-avenatti-mariel-miniutti-restraining-order-details/

[Hoyt]

2. Arrest, bail, restraining order, law office eviction, order to pay law partner $4.8 Million,

. . . . . . .

I'm sorry, that ain't Presidential material, unless running as a GOPer.

[Codeine]

3. But he's "fierce", so. . . nt

[Hoyt]

4. He does deserve credit for irritating the heck out of trump, but I think that is over too.

[7962]

6. Dont forget he's also "easy on the eyes"; as I've heard so many times.

I must admit though, there's no way I could pull off the bald look like he does. People would just ask me if I was feeling ill.

[Codeine]

12. Lol! I shaved my head several years back

and one of my coworkers used to enjoy walking by me and making sort of frail coughing sounds.

[peekaloo]

24. he resembles an angry peanut.

[Hoyt]

25. LOL. That would have gotten you in big trouble a month or so ago, but now, not so much.

[7962]

5. Millions in taxes too.

[Hoyt]

7. Missed that one along the way. Thanks.

[LanternWaste]

22. It's great chum for the self-righteous though...

[not fooled]

8. Well, he keeps saying

"I never struck a woman" which made me wonder whether he was parsing words because there might be other forms of abuse.

It's to be hoped that the truth emerges, one way or another, especially if he continues in the public spotlight with respect to politics.

[chowder66]

9. I wonder why she was on his floor and why she was there? I suppose we will find out. nt

[Jedi Guy]

10. What did she do/say to upset him? How did she provoke him?

Hopefully someone thinks to ask the important questions!

[chowder66]

11. Check your judgement Jedi.

My comment is about the reporting of details or lack there of.

[Codeine]

13. She was on his floor

because he dragged her out of his bed.

Seriously people, stop trying to minimize obvious domestic violence. It’s not a good look for DU.

[chowder66]

14. It doesn't say that. nt

[Codeine]

17. Umm. . .

“In her request for a restraining order against Avenatti, Miniutti said she was wearing only a T-shirt and underpants when he grabbed her by the arm and dragged her out of the bed. The order was granted Monday.”

[chowder66]

19. I'm not seeing that in the posted article.

This is what I see at the Axios link;

"A Los Angeles judge has granted actress Mareli Minutti a restraining order against attorney Michael Avenatti, who she alleges dragged her by her arm across the floor of his Los Angeles apartment and shouted expletives at her, calling her "ungrateful," the AP reports.

Details: Avenatti, who was arrested last week on a felony domestic violence charge, says the allegations are “completely false” and “fabricated.”"

The information you just posted is not in the article I'm seeing.

Another poster provided a link that had much more detail. So I'm good.

[sheshe2]

26. +++

[PoliticAverse]

15. Read this article which has more details as to her claim...

https://theblast.com/michael-avenatti-mariel-miniutti-restraining-order-details/

[chowder66]

16. Thanks. nt

[OilemFirchen]

18. From the AP:

https://apnews.com/eab5bc94019a484a9956bf8fa81a4da0?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

In a statement, Avenatti said: “There is extensive evidence that demonstrates that these allegations are fabricated, including multiple security cameras. I will be fully vindicated when all of this is said and done.”

He has also called for his apartment building to release surveillance video that he says would support his claims, even though the violence described by Miniutti would not have occurred in the building’s public areas.

From The Blast, reported elsewhere in GD:

The actress says she was in her underwear and also suffered scratches to her back. After being dragged into the hallway, Miniutti says she began ringing a neighbor’s doorbell until Avenatti allegedly ran out and pulled her back into his apartment.

On edit: Removed irrelevant cite.

[GulfCoast66]

20. For the life of me I can't understand DUs seemingly obsession with this guy.

He represents a porn star Trump fucked and gets into Twitter wars with the president and suddenly he is has presidential potential?

Not attacking the porn star, although it is a pretty exploitative industry.

But why should I or and Democrat care about this guy?

[lancelyons]

21. Have to be careful

Could be some setup sneaky trick from the dirty right.

[Hugin]

23. Any word on the alleged bruises on Minutti's face?

Still skeptical of the extent of the reported abuse. I am surprised Avenatti would put himself in a position so easily open to a classic extortion scheme.

[blue cat]

27. I was surprised too

But he put himself in this position with a very much younger model from Estonia. WTF? Ain’t no way that he is going to recover from this. And I’m one of those who were hot for him.

[Downtown Hound]

28. This has gone from beating her black and blue

To hitting her with pillows to dragging her and calling her ungrateful. I will hold final judgement until more evidence is presented, and if he is, in fact, guilty, he will get no pass from me.

But it's seriously starting to look more and more like a frame up and a hit job. It's what Republicans do. John Kerry, Al Franken, Hillary and Bill, Robert Mueller, Acorn, and the 50 billion things they tried to pin on Obama. Yeah. Color me very skeptical. This is standard Repuke operating procedure.