Michael Avenatti

Michael Avenatti, who represented porn star Stormy Daniels against Donald Trump, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for cheating clients out of millions. More

December 5, 2022

Federal prosecutors expect to drop additional charges against incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud for swindling his clients out of settlement funds. More

June 21, 2022

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and a tax-related charge in a federal court case in Southern California accusing him of cheating his clients out of millions of dollars. More

June 16, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to four years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds. More

June 2, 2022

At trial earlier this year, Avenatti represented himself, cross-examining his former client for hours about their experiences in early 2018. More

June 2, 2022

Convicted California lawyer Michael Avenatti wants leniency at sentencing for defrauding former client Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars. More

May 20, 2022

Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of charges he cheated the porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former president Donald Trump. More

February 4, 2022

The note began: “We have one juror who is refusing to look at evidence and is acting on a feeling.” More

February 4, 2022

The jury deliberating the fate of Michael Avenatti on criminal charges that he ripped off his star client, Stormy Daniels, told a judge on Thursday that it is deadlocked on the first of two counts. More

February 3, 2022

A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday in a trial's closing arguments that California lawyer Michael Avenatti told repeated lies to porn actor Stormy Daniels in 2018 to hide his theft of her book proceeds. More

February 2, 2022

Michael Avenatti said Tuesday that he will not testify at his trial on charges that he cheated porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 in book proceeds. More

February 1, 2022

Michael Avenatti wavered Monday when asked whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a fraud trial in which he's accused of stealing $300,000 in book proceeds from porn actor Stormy Daniels. More

January 31, 2022

Michael Avenatti sought Friday at his fraud trial to portray his former client Stormy Daniels as someone who might be delusional as he questioned the porn actor about her belief that her house was once haunted by ghosts. More

January 28, 2022

Stormy Daniels took her star turn on the witness stand Thursday at California lawyer Michael Avenatti's trial, telling a jury Avenatti "stole from me and lied to me." More

January 27, 2022

Michael Avenatti jumped at the chance to represent porn star Stormy Daniels in 2018, saying he'd do it for a dollar, another California attorney testified Wednesday at Avenatti's criminal trial. More

January 26, 2022

In opening statements Monday, Avenatti attorney Andrew Dalack said Avenatti had an agreement with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to share proceeds of any book deal. More

January 25, 2022

Avenatti has insisted he is innocent of wire fraud and aggravated identify theft charges and his lawyers say he is likely to testify during the trial in Manhattan federal court. More

January 24, 2022

Michael Avenatti, the once high-profile California attorney who regularly taunted then-President Donald Trump during frequent television appearances, was introduced Thursday to prospective jurors who will decide whether he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels out of book-deal proceeds. More

January 20, 2022

The judge presiding over Michael Avenatti's trial on charges he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels of book deal proceeds twice warned prospective jurors Thursday that perjury charges could result if they don't honestly fill out a written questionnaire, after a recent trial verdict was jeopardized by a juror's comments about his questionnaire. More

January 13, 2022

N.Y. prosecutors urged judge to order Calif. lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin serving a 2 1/2-year prison term over a year after he was convicted of trying to extort $25 million from Nike. More

October 29, 2021

A California judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the embezzlement trial of attorney Michael Avenatti who is charged with stealing millions in settlement money from his clients. More

August 24, 2021

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who once represented Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity. Avenatti, 50, was […] More

July 8, 2021

Michael Avenatti faces sentencing over a year after a jury concluded he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity. More

July 8, 2021

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors did not find Michael Avenatti’s seventh request to delay sentencing a charm, saying Tuesday that the once high profile California lawyer should be forced to hear his punishment next week for trying to extort Nike for up to $25 million. In court papers, prosecutors urged […] More

June 22, 2021

Prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to impose a “very substantial” prison sentence on Michael Avenatti for trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike. More

June 17, 2021

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti should spend no more than six months behind bars after a jury concluded he tried to extort $25 million from sportswear giant Nike, his lawyers told a judge Wednesday, saying the once high-flying California attorney faces constant ridicule after his “cataclysmic fall.” In a […] More

June 10, 2021

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was released from federal prison Thursday to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Wearing a surgical mask and a baseball cap, Cohen arrived at his Manhattan […] More

May 21, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has allowed Michael Avenatti to be temporarily freed from a federal jail in New York City and to ride out the coronavirus scare at a friend’s house in Los Angeles. The attorney, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, petitioned last […] More

April 13, 2020

California attorney Mike Avenatti has asked a judge to reject a jury's verdict that found he tried to extort Nike for millions of dollars. More

March 25, 2020

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike. The verdict was returned by a federal jury in Manhattan following a three-week trial in which […] More

February 14, 2020