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2019-06-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Michael Avenatti is sued for allegedly siphoning paraplegic's $4 million settlement
[REUTERS] Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
, has been sued by a paraplegic former client who accused him of siphoning away a $4 million settlement he had won.

Geoffrey Johnson is seeking at least $9.5 million, plus punitive damages, from Avenatti and several former colleagues in his civil lawsuit filed with the Orange County Superior Court in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,.

"I never thought I would get victimized by my own attorney," Johnson, who uses a wheelchair, said at a presser on Thursday. "I wish he had just given me my money."

Johnson’s claims are also part of federal prosecutors’ criminal case against Avenatti, who has pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
to wire fraud, bank fraud, extortion and other charges, including defrauding other clients, in California and New York.

"Mr. Johnson’s claims are categorically false and frivolous, and his case will be thrown out of court," Avenatti said in an email.
Posted by Fred 2019-06-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ]  Top

#1 "Mr. Johnson’s claims are categorically false and frivolous, and his case will be thrown out of court," Avenatti said.

His pattern of similar responses indicates this ir now one of Avenatti's form letters.
Posted by Angairong Flavigum3253 2019-06-15 06:45||   2019-06-15 06:45|| Front Page Top

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