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Avenatti Apologizes To Stormy Daniels
"Creepy porn lawyer", Michael Avenatti, was sentenced to four years in prison on June 2. In February, Avenatti, 51, was convicted by a federal jury of wire fraud, embezzlement, and aggravated identity theft.
Jurors agreed with prosecutors that Avenatti embezzled nearly $300,000 in book profits intended for adult film porn actress, Stormy Daniels, who had been falsely? linked to former President Donald Trump.
Avenatti, had been already serving a 2 1/2-year sentencing from a 2020 conviction for extorting millions of dollars from Nike Inc. Eighteen months of the new sentence will run concurrent with the current sentence. "I have destroyed my career, my relationships and my reputation," Avenatti told U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman, who imposed the sentence in federal court June 2 in Manhattan.
Avenatti was also ordered to pay $148,750 to Daniels and $297,900 to the United States. Furman told Avenatti, "I hope you put your formidable talents to better use.". Stormy Prosecutors were seeking a substantial sentence for Avenatti, who proposed a three-year sentence while representing himself. Avenatti fired his court-appointed attorney in the middle of the trial.
Prosecutors called 10 witnesses, including the porn actress and stripper herself, who testified that Avenatti lied to her and betrayed her. Avenatti wrote an apology letter to Daniels last month that he gave to the judge. "It is obvious that I failed you in many respects and that I disappointed you and let you down in multiple ways," the letter stats. "I wish that we could turn back the clock so that the mistakes I made would never be repeated. I am truly sorry.", he wrote.
Avenatti drew national attention while representing Daniels in lawsuits against Trump. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, had claimed she received $130,000 from Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for keeping quiet about sexual encounters she had with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump has denied those claims. Avenatti freed Daniels from her nondisclosure agreement with Trump.
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