On Friday, jurors found him guilty of stealing nearly $300,000 (£225,000) from Ms Daniels. He now faces up to 22 years in federal prison. It marks the second time Avenatti has been convicted in federal court, a humbling fall from grace for a man once rumoured to be considering a 2020 presidential run.
On July 8, 2021, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison. The second of four federal criminal trials involving Avenatti began on July 21, 2021, in Los Angeles, California....Michael AvenattiStatusIncarceratedConviction(s)Extortion, transmission of interstate communications with intent to extort, and wire fraud12 more rows
A jury convicted him of wire fraud and identity theft in pocketing money from her book.
But Selna declined early Tuesday because Avenatti is in custody per Furman's case, not his. That means Avenatti likely will stay housed at the federally controlled MDC, rather than the Orange County sheriff-controlled Santa Ana jail until there's a hearing in Selna's case.
51 years (February 16, 1971)Michael Avenatti / Age
Avenatti became well known nationally in 2018 as he represented Daniels in lawsuits against then-President Donald Trump. Daniels had received $130,000 shortly before the 2016 presidential election to remain silent about her claims that she'd had a sexual tryst with Trump a decade earlier.
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Stephanie Gregory CliffordStormy Daniels / Full nameDaniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and her then-lawyer Michael Avenatti filed the defamation suit against Trump back in 2018.