May 15, 2019 · Michael Avenatti has a new lawyer. The disgraced California attorney, facing criminal charges of extortion, bank fraud and tax fraud, appeared in court Wednesday, represented by a new lawyer: H ...
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Dec 24, 2019 · California attorney Michael Avenatti maintains that a fellow high-profile lawyer is an important part of his defense against charges he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike
Jan 24, 2022 · The third trial in two years for once big-shot attorney Michael Avenatti kicked off Monday with prosecutors accusing the California lawyer of stealing nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from adult ...
January 14, 2021. 2520. After a spectacular 15-minutes-of-fame crash and burn that included serious talk of a U.S. presidential bid, Los Angeles lawyer and three-time convicted felon Michael Avenatti enjoyed a quiet 2020 confined to a friend’s Venice home on a court-ordered COVID release from jail. But while he’s secured about a dozen continuances ...
But while he’s secured about a dozen continuances in his three cross-county criminal cases, Avenatti couldn’t avoid a sanction issued December 23 in an Orange County civil case: a judge fined him $960 for failing to participate in an evidentiary proceeding in a longstanding lawsuit over $5.4 million Avenatti’s former co-counsel claims he stole. Avenatti’s former business partners, attorneys, and wives also are involved in ongoing court action for their dealings with him, and each could end up facing financial consequences much heftier than the $960 sanction lodged against Avenatti.
Other actions seek $73,328 from Protech Security & Electronics for a home security system Avenatti installed amid his national fame wave in 2018, and $1 million from Seattle lawyer Simeon Osborn, who accepted the money in 2014 as a loan repayment for Avenatti’s Global Baristas LLC, with which he bought the Tully’s Coffee chain in 2013.
Avenatti, meanwhile, recently sued Fox News and a cadre of on-air personalities for defamation, accusing them of conspiring against him because he was a threat to President Donald Trump. White says the lawsuit appears to be “performative more than it is substantive” and could be Avenatti’s way of lashing out amid court-imposed silence.
A trial in the California case’s bankruptcy and tax fraud charges is scheduled for October 2021. Avenatti faces a substantial amount of prison time in the Nike case alone. His convictions are for wire fraud, and wire fraud sentencings are based on the amount of money involved, which, in Avenatti’s case, is $20 million.
Avenatti’s first ex-wife, Christine Carlin Avenatti, recently joined the proceedings, as Marshack sued her in October seeking $55,000. She’s also being sued by Avenatti’s former law partner Jason Frank to recover at least $718,723 and 13 pieces of art legally linked to $5 million Avenatti owes him. The underlying drama involves an Orange County Sheriff’s art auction meant to financially benefit Avenatti’s second wife, Storie Avenatti, whom Avenatti also owes millions, but ended with Avenatti attending the auction himself to buy back his own artwork, which Frank says he then laundered through Carlin. Frank says Avenatti also laundered the $717,723 through Carlin to avoid creditors such as Frank himself, then arranged for her to use some of the cash to buy him a Mercedes Benz.
Avenatti gave Frank $11 from his pocket during the exam and said it was a payment, making last week’s $960 sanction only the second-smallest financial amount in Avenatti’s judicial odyssey.