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BREAKING: Attorney Michael Avenatti criminally charged with four counts of extortion and related conspiracy counts.
Press conference at 2:30 pm.
Press conference at 2:30 pm.
In a 11-page complaint, prosecutors accuse Avenatti of extorting Nike by threatening to release damaging information about the company if they did not agree to multimillion dollar payments to him and a client.
The document: documentcloud.org/documents/5780…
The document: documentcloud.org/documents/5780…
The complaint includes a screenshot of this tweet.
A reader informs me that the Department of Justice filed separate wire and bank fraud charges in California. justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/l…
The complaint in California spans 197 pages with attachments and includes a scheme to defraud The Peoples Bank.
This is going to take awhile to upload and make publicly available.
This is going to take awhile to upload and make publicly available.
Clarification: The West Coast complaint itself spans 9 pages, but the mountains of exhibits is 197 pages.
You can read them here. justice.gov/usao-cdca/pres…
You can read them here. justice.gov/usao-cdca/pres…
ICYMI: My developing story on Michael Avenatti's charges from coast-to-coast, on @CourthouseNews.
Just about to go to the press conference, so there's plenty more to come soon. courthousenews.com/michael-avenat…
Just about to go to the press conference, so there's plenty more to come soon. courthousenews.com/michael-avenat…
Timeline being shown to reporters at the press conference.
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Lots of waiting before and after Avenatti’s brief hearing, where the judge granted a $300,000 bail.
Next hearings are April 1 (California) on April 23 (NY), and the press putting in late hours waiting for him to come out.
Next hearings are April 1 (California) on April 23 (NY), and the press putting in late hours waiting for him to come out.
Avenatti: “I will be fully exonerated.”
Video from his brief presser here.
Video from his brief presser here.
