Michael Avenatti sentenced to 30 months in Nike extortion case

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

Michael Avenatti, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Thursday for his role in the Nike extortion case.

Avenatti was found guilty in February 2020 of attempting to extort up to $25 million from Nike.

His lawyers had requested that the embattled attorney serve no more than six months in prison, citing his three months behind bars last year after his bail was revoked.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/562132-michael-avenatti-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison-in-nike-extortion

[PerceptionManagement]

1. will that run concurrently with his New York sentencing? it can't can it?

you know, different states and all?

[BigmanPigman]

11. He will have some off due to time already served

I think I heard.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Does he still have a law license?

con man and porn star were an odd pairing

[maxsolomon]

8. Trump & Stormy Daniels?

Not that odd of a pairing. Gross, but pretty cliche.

[walkingman]

3. Anyone that has anything to do with Trump is screwed. There is a pox associated with EVERYONE

who comes in close contact, including supporters.

[maxsolomon]

7. Avenatti was anything but a Trump Supporter.

nt

[walkingman]

9. I realize that - my point is that anyone that has anything to do with

him or his issues is screwed. The simple act of being involved in his insane life events (Stormy Daniels) makes you subject to bad things. I really do think he and his entire family is a "pox" on humanity.

[marble falls]

13. As much as I loathe the 45s, Michael did it to himself. He compromised his ethics to get results.

[walkingman]

14. Agree - it really is a shame to see someone destroy their life simply for greed.

[marble falls]

15. It was in real time and on the TV.

[NJCher]

18. customers, too

I just posted this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215605313

about his golf club having to pay 400k over the death of a man to whom they served too much alcohol.

[maxsolomon]

4. The nail that sticks up is hammered down.

There was a time when Daniel's tawdry hush-money story (and that of David Pecker and Eliot Broidy) was the main thorn in Trump's side. 2018?

That all went away when this counter-scandal surfaced. I'm not saying Avenatti's innocent, but the knives sure came out...

[Jedi Guy]

5. Or he was a scumbag all along... N/T

[maxsolomon]

6. Sure, that's possible.

But there's no refuting the timing of Aventti's downfall and its impact on the story of Trump's campaign violations. Cohen went to jail and the rest of the story vanished.

[marble falls]

16. Maybe he never learned: Pigs get fed. Hogs get slaughtered.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. What a waste. He actually had a political (or private) future. Had.

[marble falls]

12. Good mind. Fucked value system.

[VarryOn]

17. What a major scumbag.....

So many major media players fell for him....

[Bengus81]

19. He isn't done yet.....

He has the 300K he screwed Stormy out of and then the $4M he screwed a paraplegic guy out of in an lawsuit. Good ole' Mike did send him a check here and there for a grand or so while claiming to be setting up a trust fund. Nah...out looking for a jet to buy if I remember right.

I hope the Judge can nail him with 10 years or more for that con.