Michael Avenatti, the high-profile civil attorney who gained fame and widespread cable-news exposure criticizing former President Donald Trump, was sentenced on Monday, Dec. 5, to 14 years in prison for stealing more than $10 million in settlement funds that should have gone to former clients.
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna, during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, also ordered Avenatti to pay more than $10.5 million in restitution, telling the former Newport Beach resident and one-time presidential aspirant that he has “done great evil for which he must answer.”
The 14-year sentence in the Orange County case comes on top of a combined five-year sentence Avenatti recently received in a federal court in New York for attempting to extort about $25 million from Nike and for stealing nearly $300,000 from adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, who Avenatti once represented in a legal dispute with then-President Trump.
The court loses mark a steep downfall from a once-successful attorney who shot to fame for fiery denunciations of Trump on broadcast news and once mulled his own presidential prospects before facing the web of criminal allegations.
Avenatti — who once described himself as a “David” going after “Goliaths” by representing “thousands of little guys” — apologized Monday to the four clients he admitted to stealing from, acknowledging that he misappropriated their money, misled them and violated their trust.
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Will he be out so he can run in the 2024 elections as the Democrat favorite??
“U.S. District Judge James V. Selna, during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, also ordered Avenatti to pay more than $10.5 million in restitution, telling the former Newport Beach resident and one-time presidential aspirant that he has “done great evil for which he must answer.””
The only thing I can think of why he received just rewards for his illegal actions, is because he pissed off some democrat Party’s elite.
The corrupt, treasonous Democrat elite and the Democrat Party never take responsibility or are held accountable for their own treasonous, unlawful, destructive, dishonorable, immoral actions and agendas. Democrats always Lie and blame someone or something else for their own actions and policies. Even if the Democrats are caught “red handed”. i.e. Hillary Clinton, Lois Lerner, Eric Holden, Hunter Biden, Nancy Pelosi etc.
Maybe he forgot to give the right dem, their proper kickback?
Ha! Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Gives one hope.
Hi pumpkinjack. Some hope but very little. We still have a lot of SWAMP SCUM roaming the planet. People like both Clintons (Bill especially), Comey, McCabe, Brennan, Strzok, Page, Waters (number one without a doubt), Schift, Perloser. And I have seen or heard NOTHING regarding these “people” and an investigation into their doings and conduct. The will probably forever go free, at least on this planet. But they will meet their ultimate reward in the bowels of a very warm place..
True that. THIS IS one of a good 300+ total and utter traitors, that need just punishment…