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NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the attorney who rocketed to fame through his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her battles with President Donald Trump, was charged Wednesday with ripping her off. Federal prosecutors in New York City say Avenatti used a doctored document to divert about $300,000 that Daniels was supposed to […]

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Michael Avenatti is facing a new legal battle following reports that he tried to extort millions from Nike. The famed attorney is now being accused of embezzling two million that an NBA star paid him to give to his ex-girlfriend. Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside claims he wired $2.75 million to Avenatti in January 2017, and most of […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer for R&B singer R. Kelly says charges in New York accusing attorney Michael Avenatti of trying to shake down Nike raise questions about his role in helping Chicago prosecutors bring sex-abuse charges against Kelly. Steve Greenberg says he intends to pursue the issue. A previously scheduled hearing in Kelly’s case […]

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer was arrested yesterday for “doing too much.” Huggy says Avenatti must be crazy because one thing he was arrested for was trying to extort Nike…like the brand. Who tries to extort an entire brand? Maybe he should have tried a person in the company first. HEAD BACK TO THE BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. prosecutors on two coasts have charged Trump critic and attorney Michael Avenatti with extortion and bank and wire fraud. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles said Avenatti was arrested Monday in New York. Spokesman Ciaran McEvoy says the lawyer best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — Attorney Gloria Allred tells The Associated Press she has contacted law enforcement about concerns one of her clients may be the person in a VHS tape recently given to Chicago prosecutors that purportedly shows R&B star R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl. The Los Angeles-based lawyer said by phone Friday […]