September 23, 2022
A New York federal judge ordered celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti Thursday to pay $148,750 in restitution to adult film actress Stormy Daniels following his conviction for defrauding his former client out of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a book deal about her alleged affair with former President Donald Trump.
June 02, 2022
Disgraced celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison following his conviction at trial for defrauding former client and adult film actress Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a book deal.
May 27, 2022
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge on Thursday that Michael Avenatti should serve consecutive prison terms after being convicted of attempting to extort $25 million from Nike and defrauding former client and adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
May 11, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday once again denied Michael Avenatti's bid to remotely attend his sentencing after being convicted of defrauding former client and adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
February 18, 2022
Disgraced celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti will continue representing himself after being convicted of defrauding former client and adult film actress Stormy Daniels, with a Manhattan federal judge denying, for now, a request from the public defender to appoint new counsel.
February 04, 2022
Disgraced celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti on Friday was convicted of defrauding former client and adult film actress Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a book deal.
February 03, 2022
Jurors in the New York criminal trial of disgraced celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti warned of division in their deliberations on Thursday, saying they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case accusing the California lawyer of defrauding adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
February 02, 2022
Manhattan federal prosecutors made their final pitch Wednesday to jurors weighing whether to convict Michael Avenatti for allegedly defrauding former client Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars that the disgraced California lawyer claims he was owed, saying Avenatti repeatedly lied in a failed cover-up attempt.
February 01, 2022
Embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti on Tuesday rested his defense without calling any witnesses to the stand or testifying himself in the case alleging he defrauded former client Stormy Daniels out of about $300,000 in proceeds from the adult film actress' book deal.
January 28, 2022
Embattled lawyer Michael Avenatti quizzed former porn actress Stormy Daniels on Friday about wrathful public statements she has made about him, including that she hoped he would be sexually assaulted while in custody for legal troubles including allegedly stealing from her book advance.