Tag: Stormy Daniels

Trump Says a ‘Most Important Witness’ to Testify Before NYC Grand Jury

Former President Donald Trump praised recent reports that a lawyer who briefly acted as a legal adviser to Michael Cohen is expected to testify on Monday before a New York grand jury investigating whether to charge the former president over claims he paid hush money to an adult actress during his 2016 presidential campaign. “Just…


Manhattan DA Signals Criminally Charging Trump; Trump Responds

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may soon be pressing charges against former President Donald Trump regarding the former president’s alleged involvement in providing hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, Trump confirmed on social media after multiple outlets reported the news. Bragg, a Democrat, offered Trump the opportunity to testify to a grand jury next…


Michael Avenatti Gets 14-Year Sentence for Stealing Millions From Clients

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced to a 14-year prison term on Monday for defrauding former clients out of millions of dollars and trying to stop the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from taking payroll taxes from a coffee shop he owned. In the California case, Avenatti defrauded four clients out of around $7.6 million from…


Michael Avenatti Ordered to Pay $148,750 in Restitution to Stormy Daniels

NEW YORK—Former attorney Michael Avenatti was ordered on Friday to pay $148,750 in restitution to his best-known client, porn actress Stormy Daniels. Avenatti, 51, was convicted by a Manhattan federal jury in February of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for embezzling $297,500 in book proceeds from Daniels, who testified that Avenatti “stole from me…


Michael Avenatti Offers to Plead Guilty in Remaining Criminal Case

Michael Avenatti, the twice-convicted lawyer who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against former President Donald Trump, on Sunday offered to plead guilty to “multiple” criminal charges he still faces in California. Avenatti, 51, already faces five years in prison after being convicted in February of fraud and identity theft for diverting…


Convicted Attorney Michael Avenatti Agrees to Plead Guilty

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Convicted attorney Michael Avenatti, who catapulted to fame representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in a nondisclosure dispute with former President Donald Trump, has signaled in court papers that he plans to plead guilty in his fraud cases here in Orange County. Avenatti is in federal prison now for stealing from Daniels and…


Stormy Daniels Ordered to Pay Trump Nearly $300,000 in Attorneys Fees After Losing Defamation Lawsuit Appeal

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in attorney fees, costs, and sanctions to former President Donald Trump after a federal appeals court rejected her bid to overturn a lower court decision regarding a defamation lawsuit brought against him in 2018. Trump announced the news in a statement on March 21 where he also took aim…


FEC Drops Investigation Into Stormy Daniels Hush Money Payments

The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) has closed its investigation into whether former President Donald Trump broke campaign finance rules when his then-attorney Michael Cohen paid $130,000 in alleged “hush money” to adult film actress Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election. The bipartisan election commission, which is evenly split between three Republicans and…