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Avenatti sentenced to 4 years in prison

The judge called Avenatti's conduct "craven and egregious," saying that he was driven by "blind ambition"

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Michael Avenatti sentenced to 4 years in prison for defrauding Stormy Daniels

Pugnacious California attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for defrauding Stormy Daniels when he represented her in litigation against former President Donald Trump.

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Michael Avenatti sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding Stormy Daniels

The disgraced lawyer was convicted in February of defrauding his former client, Stormy Daniels

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Avenatti to be sentenced for defrauding Stormy Daniels

Michael Avenatti faces sentencing for cheating Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds

The Independent UK

Avenatti, facing sentencing, apologizes to Stormy Daniels

Convicted California lawyer Michael Avenatti wants leniency at sentencing for defrauding former client Stormy Daniels

The Independent UK

R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago will kick off Aug. 1 after judge denies 3-month delay

CHICAGO — R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago is set to kick off in August after a judge on Tuesday denied a request to postpone it by three months.

Chicago Tribune

Guess founder sues Lisa Bloom, claiming prominent attorney extorted him

LOS ANGELES — A founder of the Guess clothing empire has accused Lisa Bloom of extortion, saying the prominent attorney threatened to publicize a rape claim that she knew to be false unless the fashion mogul and his company agreed to pay a settlement.

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Michael Avenatti must pay $260k in Nike’s attorneys fees, NYC judge rules

NEW YORK — The blows keep coming.

Tribune News Service

Stormy Daniels: Avenatti threw ‘temper tantrums’ after she refused to back his run for president

‘I want him to admit that he took the money and that he lied, and he gaslighted me and played games, and then tried to shame me’

The Independent UK

Attorney convicted of stealing from porn star

A jury found Michael Avenatti guilty Friday of charges he cheated Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former President Donald Trump.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Avenatti found guilty of stealing $300,000 from Stormy Daniels

NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury found Michael Avenatti guilty Friday of stealing $300,000 from Stormy Daniels as he rose to fame representing her against former President Donald Trump — marking the disgraced litigator’s second conviction in as many years.

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‘A conman, a liar and a thief’: Avenatti guilty of stealing $300,000 from Stormy Daniels

Avenatti faces up to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft

The Independent UK

Juror in Avenatti’s NYC trial says her mind is made up, refuses to look at evidence

NEW YORK — A woman on the jury deliberating whether Michael Avenatti is guilty of stealing from Stormy Daniels has her mind made up and refuses to hash it out with fellow jurors or review evidence.

Tribune News Service

Avenatti, Stormy Daniels talks stalled by 1 juror, note says

The jury considering the fate of California lawyer Michael Avenatti on charges he cheated Stormy Daniels out of book proceeds says one juror is refusing to look at evidence

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NYC jury deliberating Michael Avenatti case ends 1st day of deliberations without reaching verdict, signals deadlock

NEW YORK — Jurors deliberating whether disgraced celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti stole $300,000 from his ex-client Stormy Daniels ended their first full day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict.

The Independent UK

Judge sends Michael Avenatti jury back after they can’t decide on main charge in trial against Stormy Daniels

Avenatti says ‘case isn’t as clear cut as the government wants everybody to believe’

The Independent UK

Avenatti jury stuck on whether he cheated Stormy Daniels

The jury deliberating the fate of Michael Avenatti on charges that he ripped off his star client, Stormy Daniels, has told a judge that it is deadlocked on the first of two counts he faces

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Michael Avenatti proclaims ‘this was my money’ as NYC trial over Stormy Daniels’ book deal concludes

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti delivered an audacious closing argument Wednesday in the trial over his alleged theft of $300,000 from Stormy Daniels for a book deal, proclaiming “this was my money.”

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In trial closing, prosecutor says lies caught up to Avenatti

A prosecutor says in closing arguments that California lawyer Michael Avenatti told repeated lies to porn actor Stormy Daniels in 2018 to hide his theft of her book proceeds

Tribune News Service

Michael Avenatti declines to testify at NYC trial over Stormy Daniels book deal

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti declined to testify at his trial Tuesday after a judge warned the disgraced litigator that prosecutors would grill him on his past lies.

The Independent UK

Michael Avenatti rests his case without taking the stand in $300,000 Stormy Daniels fraud trial

Jury will hear closing arguments on Wednesday before retiring to deliberate

The Independent UK

Avenatti decides not to testify at trial vs. Stormy Daniels

Michael Avenatti says he won't testify at his trial on charges that he cheated porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 in book proceeds

Tribune News Service

NYC judge says Michael Avenatti ‘throwing spaghetti at a wall’ in his trial over Stormy Daniels book deal

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge blasted Michael Avenatti’s defense Monday against charges he stole $300,000 from porn star Stormy Daniels.

The Independent UK

Prosecution completes case at Michael Avenatti fraud trial

The government has rested its case at a trial where jurors heard allegations that California lawyer Michael Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels

Tribune News Service

Michael Avenatti asks Stormy Daniels about poltergeists, prison rape, 'Game of Thrones' and Michael Cohen during bizarre NYC trial

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti threw the kitchen sink at his former client Stormy Daniels on Friday, questioning her about poltergeists, prison rape, "Game of Thrones" and Michael Cohen’s podcast as the disgraced lawyer’s fraud trial took a bizarre turn.

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