Michael Avenatti is accused of fleecing Stormy Daniels – his former client – of about $300,000 in money she stood to collect for a 2018 advance on a book about her alleged affair with Trump.
and fierce Donald Trump critic, is scheduled to go on trial Monday in Manhattan for allegedly swindling ex-porn star Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In August of 2018, the loudmouth lawyer forged Daniels’ signature on a letter that instructed her literary agent to forward advance money into a bank account he controlled, federal prosecutors allege. Stormy Daniels accompanied by her then-attorney, Michael Avenatti talks to the media as she leaves federal court, on April 16, 2018 in New York.Stormy Daniels is expected to be called by prosecutors to testify against Avenatti at the trial., including a $3,900 monthly lease payment on a Ferrari and more than $20,000 on airfare, hotels, car services, restaurants and other expenses, the feds allege.
Michael Avenatti and Daniels rose to national fame after it was revealed Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, paid her $130,000 in hush money before the 2016 Presidential election.Avenatti even once floated a run for president during his time in the spotlight – but his star status came crashing down when he was charged in a number of criminal cases across the country.
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