Posted on 04/21/2019 1:18:30 PM PDT by conservative98
Lightning-rod lawyer Michael Avenatti is accused of embezzling nearly $2 million that he was supposed to give to a client to settle her suit against NBA-player ex Hassan Whiteside, blowing the funds on a private jet, a report said Sunday.
The Miami Heat hoopster had wired $2.75 million to Avenatti in January 2017, intending it to cover the bulk of his $3 million settlement with former flame Alexis Gardner, who was repped by Avenatti, The Los Angeles Times reported, citing court filings.
Avenatti was entitled to keep a roughly $1 million cut to cover his legal fees but instead allegedly pocketed the whole sum, stalling Gardner by telling her that the initial payment covered only his share and that hers would come over 96 smaller monthly installments, the report said.
But just one day after receiving the wire transfer from Whiteside, Avenatti shifted around $2.5 million between bank accounts to pay for a half-share of a private HA-420 jet, the report said, citing bank records.
Avenatti paid off Gardner for a few months but eventually stopped those payments, even falsely claiming to the actress and barista that Whiteside was breaching their settlement by skipping installments, prosecutors allege.
Avenatti’s alleged mishandling of Gardner’s case — the exact nature of remains unclear — is just part of a 36-count federal indictment the high-profile attorney is facing.
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A pinnacle of honesty and leadership.
Why isn’t he already in jail?
Actually, he is, for Democrats.
CPL is going away for a long time.
Makes you wonder if someone made promises if he took Porn Star case....
CNNs champion. Tells you a lot about them.
Oh noes.....hope this doesn’t affect his cnn appearances and his run for President....
He may not be presidential timber, but he’s tailor-made for Congress.
Sleazy lawyer is sleazy.
Good grief. And these pathetic cretins have the right to vote. The Founders were right I warning that this nation should never become a democracy.There are too many unfit voters.
Get it in writing.....and send a copy to (A) the judge in the case, and, (B) the State's Bar Association.
The point is ----establish a verifiable paper trail.
He’s the PERFECT Democrat!!
“Sleazy lawyer is sleazy.”
yeah, Tucker ought to change his nickname from Creepy Porn Lawyer (CPL) to Sleazy Porn Lawyer (SPL) ...
A pinnacle of honesty and leadership.
= = =
A hero for Mitt.
F. Lee Bailey did something similar, also to pay for an airplane. He was disbarred as a result.
It was a short lived campaign.
Michael Avenatti went from Avenatti 2020 to Avenatti 20 to 25
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #MAGA
🤣🤣 my sides...
LOLOLOLOL
Nicely done, sir.
Funny how porn is probably the least sleazy thing we’ve seen him do now! (Not that he himself did porn, yuck)
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