USA v. Avenatti

  1. February 06, 2020

    Calif. Hoops Coach Says Avenatti Betrayed Him

    A youth basketball program founder who sought counsel from Michael Avenatti told New York jurors Thursday that he felt betrayed by the celebrity attorney after Avenatti's alleged scheme to extort Nike Inc. for millions of dollars came crashing down.

  2. February 05, 2020

    Nike Atty Tells Jury Of Alarm Over Avenatti's Twitter Threat

    An in-house attorney for Nike Inc. on Wednesday told a New York federal jury of the panic he felt after Michael Avenatti threatened on Twitter to hold a press conference about his claims of corruption at the highest level of the sportswear company, after the celebrity attorney's demands for millions of dollars from Nike weren't met. 

  3. February 03, 2020

    Consultant Says Avenatti's Tactics Took Him By Surprise

    A business consultant to a youth basketball coach formerly represented by Michael Avenatti told a New York federal jury Monday that he was shocked by the celebrity lawyer's hardball tactics in a dispute with Nike.

  4. January 31, 2020

    Avenatti Atty Grills Boies Schiller Lawyer Over Nike Probe

    An attorney for celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti on Friday grilled the former Boies Schiller attorney who tipped off authorities to what prosecutors say was a multimillion-dollar extortion scheme, pressing him for details of Nike Inc.'s internal probe into youth basketball corruption.

  5. January 30, 2020

    Ex-Boies Schiller Atty Tells Of Avenatti's Nike 'Stickup'

    A former Boies Schiller attorney on Thursday told a New York federal jury that he tried to keep celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti at bay for days while cooperating with law enforcement after Avenatti threatened Nike Inc. with a scorched-earth media campaign over the company's alleged role in youth basketball corruption.

  6. January 29, 2020

    Jury Told Avenatti Is 'Brash' But Didn't Extort Nike

    An attorney for Michael Avenatti told a New York federal jury Wednesday that while the celebrity attorney is a "brash, aggressive" advocate, he didn't commit extortion by asking Nike for millions of dollars to settle claims stemming from alleged corruption in youth basketball and to pay him to investigate the company.

  7. January 27, 2020

    Harsh Words For Avenatti As Jury Selection Kicks Off

    Preliminary jury selection in the trial of embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti over an alleged plot to extort millions of dollars from Nike Inc. began Monday with dozens of jurors being excused, some for their negative views of the former lawyer to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

  8. January 23, 2020

    Breaking Down Michael Avenatti's Nike Extortion Trial

    Once plastered all over cable news screens, Michael Avenatti will soon be making his first of several planned appearances before a different audience: federal jurors. The embattled attorney and former Trump sparring partner will be facing an uphill battle next week in New York as he fights charges that he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike.

  9. January 22, 2020

    Feds Can't Keep Trump, Porn Star Out Of Avenatti Nike Trial

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to bar the mention of adult film actress Stormy Daniels' hush money dispute with President Donald Trump from the trial of embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti over an alleged plot to extort millions of dollars from Nike Inc., and ordered the proceeding to commence on Monday.

  10. January 21, 2020

    Avenatti Says Geragos Must Testify At Extortion Trial

    Michael Avenatti has asked a New York federal court to make high-profile criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos testify at Avenatti's upcoming trial on an alleged plot to extort Nike, saying the Fifth Amendment shouldn't exempt Geragos from talking about his own involvement.