by Daveda Gruber:
On Monday, porn star Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer, Michael Avenatti, was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors for criminal extortion.
Avenatti briefly considered a run for the presidency. He was arrested for allegedly trying to extort NIKE for $15-$25 million.
Authorities charge that Avenatti threatened to hold a press conference on the eve of the NCAA basketball tournament to reveal damaging allegations against the firm unless it paid his client $1.5 million. Avenatti is also alleged to have NIKE agree to hire Avenatti and another lawyer for $15 to $25 million to conduct an “internal investigation” into the allegations.
Avenatti, as well, allegedly tried to extort the giant sports apparel company “by threatening to use his ability to garner publicity to inflict substantial financial and reputational harm on the company if his demands were not met.”
So far the charges against him, in New York, include conspiracy to transmit interstate communications with intent to extort, conspiracy to commit extortion and more.
Avenatti was on Twitter and these are two of his tweets:
Tmrw at 11 am ET, we will be holding a press conference to disclose a major high school/college basketball scandal perpetrated by @Nike that we have uncovered. This criminal conduct reaches the highest levels of Nike and involves some of the biggest names in college basketball.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 25, 2019
To All Dems: From now until Nov 2020, we need to have one over-riding focus: The nomination and election of a candidate who has the unique skill set to beat Trump and end this dumpster fire of a presidency. It is all about who matches up best against him. The weak need not apply.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 25, 2019
According to the criminal complaint, Avenatti had offered to not have that press conference if he got what he wanted.
The counts against him include conspiracy to transmit interstate communications with intent to extort, conspiracy to commit extortion and more.
Meanwhile in California, a case against Avenatti was brought to light. Banking fraud and federal income tax evasion charges came from Los Angles.
He was accused of allergy embezzling a client’s money to pay his own expenses and debts, as well as those of his coffee business and law firm. The U.S. attorney’s office also said he defrauded a bank by using phony tax returns to obtain millions of dollars in loans.
To be honest, Avenatti was made larger than life all because he represented a porn star who claimed to have consensual sex with President Trump before he even became president.
The mainstream media loved Avenatti and he was made rather popular by the smearing of the president.
Maybe people should search out what happens to people who lie and use deceptive means to take down the greatest president this country has ever had. Karma can really be a bitch.
