Michael Avenatti, who became a star lawyer representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in her case against then-president Donald Trump, on Friday was convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her. He faces the possibility of decades in prison. The jury had said on Thursday it was deadlocked on the first of two counts but then forged ahead at…
“The case isn’t as clear cut as the government wants everybody to believe,” he said.
Avenatti helped secure the book deal for Daniels in spring 2018, shortly after he began representing her in lawsuits meant to free her from the rules of a 2016 payment of $130,000 she had received from Donald Trump’s personal lawyer to remain silent about an alleged tryst a decade earlier with Trump.
Avenatti used his heightened profile at the time to make frequent appearance on cable television news programs.
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