Michael Avenatti charged with extortion

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Michael Avenatti sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for attempting to extort Nike

Avenatti was convicted in February 2020 of three counts for threatening to publicly accuse the sportswear company of illicitly paying amateur basketball players unless Nike paid him.

The judge sentenced him to much less than the sentence the guidelines recommend because Avenatti had a hard time when he was first jailed due to the bad conditions in the facility where he was held. Ah, poor baby.

And he still has 2 upcoming trials for defrauding clients.




Seen crying and weeping. Ohhhh poor boy....


Michael Avenatti was the Left's Poster Child. Let's review how much ass-kissing the left did for their newfound hero:

Overall good synopsis:


Now Nike is also seeking restitution for his moves there as well:
 

balloonshark

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Michael Avenatti was the Left's . Let's review how much ass-kissing the left did for their newfound hero:
Only in your mind was he our Poster Child. Every single time I saw him on tv running his mouth I thought to myself I would fire this guy if he was my lawyer. But you go on believing whatever you need to to keep on hating.
 

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Only in your mind was he our Poster Child. Every single time I saw him on tv running his mouth I thought to myself I would fire this guy if he was my lawyer. But you go on believing whatever you need to to keep on hating.
That little montage a couple posts up paints a different picture.
I never thought much of the guy, I always thought he was just another blood sucker looking for his next meal. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it comes out that he demanded sex from Daniel's to take her case.
 

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n Tuesday, Judge James V. Selna ruled that federal prosecutors in Santa Ana failed to turn over evidence to Avenatti before his wife fraud trial—including data from a law firm bookkeeping software program called Tabs, or Tax and Bookkeeping Solutions.
wife fraud? I think they mean wire fraud.
 
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raildogg

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The left doesn't care. As long Trump is being attacked, they will do anything and say anything.
 

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The best part is remembering how many of the leftists here in ATP&N thought he was so great and wanted him to run for office.

Pretty sure this is false. While I don't remember every single post mentioning Avenetti on this forum, I don't recall seeing support for him running for POTUS even before the criminal allegations came out. At most I would concede there could have been one person that I forgot about. Maybe not even one.

Hasn't been much support for Andrew Cuomo either. Face it, democrats are pretty likely to hold their own accountable but on the right, if anyone is facing allegations of misconduct, it's always seen as some kind of conspiracy or set up.
 

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The left doesn't care. As long Trump is being attacked, they will do anything and say anything.


Such a unique take on events, not at all similar to the standard dismissive bullshit you shills shitpost to defend dipshit donnie.

Trump is the victim here, clearly, not the people who died on 1/6/21, not the public who almost had their unequivocal elections results tossed. Trump being "attacked" for being such a stand up guy, that's what bothers you, right?

Magat fiction is truly a fascinating construct. Like Avennati being some kind of hero to people. I had no idea.
 

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This time he avoids the whole trial thing by just pleading guilty to embezzling millions from clients.

"Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud for each client he stole from and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code." These were the same charges he got a mistrial on earlier.

And to really max out the sleaze factor, one of the clients (from whom he stole $4 million) has major disabilities.

He faces a max of 83 years.

And he still faces 31 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, bankruptcy fraud and tax-related charges. It's a never ending story.

 
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hal2kilo

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Poster Children frequently can and do completely lose favored child designation (and rightly so) upon commission of heinous acts. The right would do well to remember that every time they think about Trump and his cronies.
Amen.
 

Indus

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The left doesn't care. As long Trump is being attacked, they will do anything and say anything.

Why don't you just kick the lefty states out of the union then or you like being in an unhappy marriage and fighting everyday that raises your blood pressure.

Shouldn't we divorce, go our own way and be happy??
 
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