Category: Attorney Michael Avenatti

Avenatti Sentenced to 14 Years Federal Prison for Tax, Wire Fraud

December 5, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Suspended attorney Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her litigation against former President Donald Trump, was sentenced in Orange County Dec. 5 to 14 years in federal prison for tax and wire fraud. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna said Avenatti’s sentence would run consecutively—or on…

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Attorney Michael Avenatti Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges for Bilking Clients

June 16, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Newport Beach attorney Michael Avenatti, who was already convicted in New York of bilking funds from former client and adult film actress Stormy Daniels, pleaded guilty Thursday in an Orange County federal courtroom to multiple fraud charges. Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and a single count of tax fraud,…

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