Michael Avenatti charged with ripping off Stormy Daniels
by Caitlin Yilek
| May 22, 2019 02:37 PM
| Updated May 22, 2019, 02:57 PM
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Michael Avenatti on Wednesday with fraud and aggravated identity theft for allegedly taking money that was supposed to be paid to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Avenatti is accused of misappropriating funds Daniels was supposed to get in a book deal while he represented Daniels in her legal battle against President Trump and his former longtime attorney Michael Cohen.
Prosecutors alleged Avenatti used a fraudulent document to convince Daniel’s literary agent to divert money from the porn star to an account controlled by him, then spent the money on his own personal and business matters.
The lawyer said Tuesday he expected to be indicted in the next 48 hours and intended to fight the “bogus†and “legally baseless†allegations.
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