His conviction for aggravated identity theft required a mandatory two-year prison sentence. He was also convicted of wire fraud. He's already serving a 2 1/2-year sentence for trying to extort Nike. Avenatti was convicted in 2020 of threatening to ruin the shoemaker's reputation if it did not pay him up to $25 million.
Daniels went on to write a memoir, “Full Disclosure,” for which she was to receive an $800,000 advance. But according to federal prosecutors, Avenatti stole $300,000 of that amount by faking Daniels's signature on a form that rerouted the wire transfers to an account he controlled.
A jury convicted him of wire fraud and identity theft in pocketing money from her book.
The State Bar has placed this attorney on involuntary inactive status. As a result, the attorney is ineligible to practice law in California.
He was found guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. On June 2, 2022, he was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding Daniels. He is currently in the low-security Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, near Long Beach, California with the registration number of 86483-054.
But what is Stormy Wellington's net worth? According to multiple outlets, including The Washington Note, Stormy's net worth is $3 million.
four yearsA federal judge in New York on Thursday sentenced disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti to four years in prison for stealing from his former client, onetime adult film actor Stormy Daniels, who wrote an explosive 2018 book.
nearly $300,000Stormy Daniels speaks US Federal Court with her lawyer Michael Avenatti (R) on April 16, 2018, in Lower Manhattan, New York. New York (CNN) Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from his former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
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