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Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« on: March 25, 2019, 05:44:27 pm »
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/25/michael-avenatti-to-be-charged-with-wire-and-bank-fraud.html

by Dan Managan
March 25, 2019

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti has been arrested on charges related to an alleged $20 million extortion of the athletic apparel company Nike, federal authorities in New York City said Monday.

Avenatti also is charged in a separate federal case out of Los Angeles, where he is accused of embezzling a client's money "in order to pay his own expense and debts," and of "defrauding a bank in Mississippi," prosecutors said.

The charges were revealed less than an hour after Avenatti announced a press conference to discuss purported claims against Nike. An FBI agent said in the complaint in New York that the lawyer had threatened to hold a press conference on the eve of Nike's quarterly earnings call to announced "allegations of misconduct by employees of Nike."

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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2019, 08:21:33 pm »
Oh, even more juiciness... not a good day to be a sleazy lawyer.

Colin Kaepernick and Jussie Smollett’s Lawyer ID’d as Alleged Co-Conspirator in Avenatti Case (Mark Geragos)
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/colin-kaepernick-and-jussie-smolletts-lawyer-idd-as-alleged-co-conspirator-in-avenatti-case/
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2019, 08:24:29 pm »
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2019, 08:24:57 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on March 25, 2019, 05:44:27 pm
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/25/michael-avenatti-to-be-charged-with-wire-and-bank-fraud.html

by Dan Managan
March 25, 2019

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti has been arrested on charges related to an alleged $20 million extortion of the athletic apparel company Nike, federal authorities in New York City said Monday.

Avenatti also is charged in a separate federal case out of Los Angeles, where he is accused of embezzling a client's money "in order to pay his own expense and debts," and of "defrauding a bank in Mississippi," prosecutors said.

The charges were revealed less than an hour after Avenatti announced a press conference to discuss purported claims against Nike. An FBI agent said in the complaint in New York that the lawyer had threatened to hold a press conference on the eve of Nike's quarterly earnings call to announced "allegations of misconduct by employees of Nike."

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Couldn't happen to a nicer guy....
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2019, 08:33:28 pm »
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2019, 08:48:09 pm »
Creepy porn lawyer arrested?  Say it ain't so !!!    888high58888
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2019, 08:51:53 pm »
Well now.  This is delicious. 
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2019, 09:04:22 pm »
Avenatti must be thinking to himself, ”Remember when they loved you on CNN and people wanted you to run against Trump. You could’ve been a contender.”
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2019, 09:09:55 pm »
Never threaten to expose criminal conduct if you don’t get paid; that’s extortion 101.  This guy is a real prize pupil. 
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2019, 09:10:02 pm »
Likely he though that his brand name and the goodwill he has generated with the public as a Leftist anti-Trump hero, would keep Nike from going public.

This reads like a classic "Do you know who I am!?" moment.
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2019, 09:26:38 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on March 25, 2019, 08:21:33 pm
Oh, even more juiciness... not a good day to be a sleazy lawyer.

Colin Kaepernick and Jussie Smollett’s Lawyer ID’d as Alleged Co-Conspirator in Avenatti Case (Mark Geragos)
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/colin-kaepernick-and-jussie-smolletts-lawyer-idd-as-alleged-co-conspirator-in-avenatti-case/

Yes.  Love the headline:

CNN analyst Mark Geragos said to be Avenatti's co-conspirator
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cnn-legal-analyst-mark-geragos-said-to-be-avenattis-alleged-co-conspirator
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2019, 09:35:29 pm »
Quote from: Bill Cipher on March 25, 2019, 09:09:55 pm
Never threaten to expose criminal conduct if you don’t get paid; that’s extortion 101.  This guy is a real prize pupil.

Yeah, I was surprised he did that too.  A clear-cut case of extortion, complete with the quid pro quo.  Do this or I'll do that.
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2019, 10:06:55 pm »
Delicious news. CNN is having a bad week. He was their boy.
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2019, 01:41:13 pm »
 Avenatti’s Co-Conspirator Mark Geragos Is a CNN Contributor, Kamala Harris Donor
Posted By Brent Scher On March 25, 2019 @ 4:06 pm

t more than $20 million from Nike is CNN contributor and Democratic donor Mark Geragos, a lawyer who has gained celebrity for defending the likes of pop star Michael Jackson for child molestation, actor Jussie Smolett when he claimed to be victim in a hate crime, and Chris Brown for assault.

Geragos was unnamed in the criminal complaint released Monday by federal prosecutors, but was with Avenatti during his March 19 New York City meeting with Nike, according to the Wall Street Journal.


URL to article: https://freebeacon.com/politics/avenattis-co-conspirator-mark-geragos-is-a-cnn-contributor-kamala-harris-donor/
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Re: Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion scheme against Nike, embezzling client's
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2019, 02:52:12 pm »
Mark Geragos, a lawyer who has gained celebrity for defending the likes of pop star Michael Jackson for child molestation, actor Jussie Smolett when he claimed to be victim in a hate crime, and Chris Brown for assault.


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« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2019, 06:36:36 pm »
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