Michael Avenatti lost his appeal in the Stormy Daniels case

[Russ]

A name I had forgotten for a long time, Michael Avenatti lost his appeal.



https://www.reuters.com/legal/court-uph ... 024-03-06/


"NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti for defrauding former client Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who claimed to have had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump.
In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan found "overwhelming" evidence of Avenatti's guilt, and rejected his arguments that the conviction was tainted by multiple errors made by the trial judge.

A federal public defender representing Avenatti did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in Manhattan declined to comment.
Avenatti, 53, was sentenced to four years in prison following his February 2022 conviction for wire fraud and identity theft.
Prosecutors charged him over an alleged scheme to steal nearly $300,000 in book contract proceeds from Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and forging her signature on a letter to her literary agent."

[TheButcher]

I always found him to be a charismatic character, he seemed to be on the news nearly every night for a while. What he did I have no idea and not going to comment on it. I do think he flapped his lips too much and even talked of running for president, that attracted a lot of attention and things went south for him.

[badkitty]

He’ll be out before he knows it

[vroomlinks]

He made a name and got in trouble just as fast.

[Affman]

They looked good together for a while I thought they might even start seeing each other down the road.