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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Avenatti Gets Four Years in Prison
2022-06-06
[ET] Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who made headlines for his anti-Donald Trump stance, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for cheating his former client out of $300,000 in cash from a book deal.

Avenatti was convicted of aggravated identity fraud and wire fraud in a New York federal court earlier in 2022. He could have faced two years in prison for the first charge and 20 years for the second.

During his sentencing, Avenatti acknowledged that he made a "series of mistakes" and "poor judgment" when he represented and bilked Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Previously, Avenatti said he did not want to appear at the sentencing, but the judge ordered him to.

"I will forever be branded ’disgraced lawyer’ and worse," he said Thursday.
But wait - there's more!
Avenatti, meanwhile, still faces a retrial in California federal court in another case in which is being accused of stealing nearly $10 million from five clients. He’s also currently serving a 30-month prison sentence for attempting to extort more than $20 million from Nike by threatening to release damaging information to the public unless he was paid.

Lest we forget:



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Posted by:Bobby

#8  Four More Years! LOL
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158   2022-06-06 22:16  

#7  Can a felon serve as president?

Many of them already have. The question should be: Should a felon serve as president?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-06-06 20:14  

#6  
And despite the yacking Heads cozying up to a proven Thief, Lair, Embezzler, and more. Will we ever hear them acknowledge their mistakes?

NO!

Because it was never about reporting the truth. It was nothing short of a high level orchestrated Seditious Conspiracy to change US leadership.

Of which we now have a mountain of evidence, proving their numerous illegal efforts to do so.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-06-06 07:11  

#5  
#4 As for the video in the post above, it proves out my maxim: "Watch out for people who are sure they have it all figured out."
Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-06 06:39

...I like a variation on that - 'Cherish those who seek the truth; beware of those who claim to have found it."

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-06-06 06:44  

#4  As for the video in the post above, it proves out my maxim: "Watch out for people who are sure they have it all figured out."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-06-06 06:39  

#3  Can a felon serve as president?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-06-06 06:34  

#2  ..but in her line of work, she was the one who was paid for doing it.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-06-06 02:40  

#1  During his sentencing, Avenatti acknowledged that he made a "series of mistakes" and "poor judgment" when he represented and bilked Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Not the first time she got fucked, is it?
Posted by: Raj   2022-06-06 00:21  

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