Keith M. Davidson | |
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Alma mater | Boston College (B.S.); Whittier Law School (J.D.) |
Occupation | Trial attorney |
Years active | 2000–present |
Known for | Cases involving celebrity sex tapes; formerly representing Stormy Daniels |
Feb 05, 2022 · 0:15. Attorney Michael Avenatti found guilty of stealing money. The jury convicted Avenatti of wire fraud and identity theft and prosecutors say he stole $300,000 from former client Stormy Daniels ...
Apr 19, 2018 · Karen McDougal freed from "catch and kill" deal as Stormy Daniels lawyer threatens Trump with defamation suit ... Karen McDougal ignored her hush-money deal with AMI, spent a full hour on television chatting with Anderson Cooper about her alleged relationship with Trump, and because of the legal jeopardy to the players on the other side, she ...
Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' one-time attorney, sentenced for$25M Nike extortion plot. Avenatti represented Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a tryst with Donald Trump. He was convicted of fraud related to LA youth basketball and a Nike sponsorship. He faces fraud two more trials this year, and another in 2022, on fraud and other charges.
Exit Full Screen. Avenatti represented Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a tryst with Donald Trump. He was convicted of fraud related to LA youth basketball and a Nike sponsorship. He faces fraud two more trials this year, and another in 2022, on fraud and other charges.
Avenatti, 50, was convicted last year of charges including attempted extortion and honest services fraud in connection with his representation of a Los Angeles youth basketball league organizer who was upset that Nike had ended its league sponsorship. U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe called Avenatti's conduct "outrageous," saying he "hijacked ...
Those political aspirations evaporated when prosecutors in California and New York charged Avenatti with fraud in March 2019. California prosecutors said he was enjoying a $200,000-a-month lifestyle while cheating clients out of millions of dollars and failing to pay hundreds of thousands to the Internal Revenue Service.
The judge wrote that evidence showed that Aven atti "devised an approach to Nike that was designed to enrich himself" rather than address his client's objectives. Nike case: Text messages released in Michael Avenatti case allege conversations about Nike payments.
Probation Department's recommendation of an eight-year prison term. Avenatti's lawyers said six months in prison and a year of home detention was enough punishment.
An employee of Adidas, a Nike competitor, was convicted in that prosecution. The lawyers said Avenatti threatened to do billions of dollars of damage to Nike and then falsely tweeted that criminal conduct at Nike reached the "highest levels.".