{"id":2254321,"date":"2024-05-28T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-michael-avenatti-appeal-in-nike-fraud-case\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:25:24","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-michael-avenatti-appeal-in-nike-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-michael-avenatti-appeal-in-nike-fraud-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court denies Michael Avenatti&#8217;s appeal in Nike fraud case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-rejects-michael-avenatti-appeal-in-nike-fraud-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2254321&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court rejected Michael Avenatti&#8217;s appeal in the Nike fraud case, affirming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-supreme-court-backs-teacher-ousted-for-rejecting-trans-policies\/\" title=\"Virginia Supreme Court Backs Teacher Ousted for Rejecting Trans Policies\">lower court&#8217;<\/a>s decision. Justice Brett Kavanaugh abstained from the ruling without providing a reason. Avenatti, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-orders-afghan-women-to-cover-their-faces-in-public\/\" title=\"Taliban Orders Afghan Women To Cover Their Faces In Public\">facing imprisonment<\/a> for attempting to extort Nike, may seek a rehearing within 25 days. \u200dThis denial\u200b adds to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-donald-trump-job-approval-shifts-to-52-percent\/\" title=\"Poll: Donald Trump Job Approval Shifts to 52 Percent\">legal challenges<\/a>\u200d for Stormy Daniels&#8217;s former lawyer. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court&#8217;s decision by rejecting Michael Avenatti&#8217;s appeal in the Nike fraud case. Justice Brett Kavanaugh abstained from the\u200c ruling without explanation.\u200c Avenatti, who\u200b faces \u2062prison time for attempting to extort\u200d Nike, has the option to request a rehearing within 25 days. This denial increases the legal hurdles for Stormy Daniels&#8217;s former attorney.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> rejected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michael-avenatti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michael Avenatti\u2019s<\/a> appeal to overturn his fraud of Nike in a crushing blow to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stormy-daniels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Stormy Daniels\u2019s<\/a> former lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>The court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/052824zor_i425.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>denied<\/a> his petition for a writ of certiorari on Tuesday, leaving the lower court\u2019s decision in place.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not take part in the decision, and no reasoning was listed for his absence, though Avenatti was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/new-questions-raised-about-avenatti-claims-regarding-kavanaugh-n924596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>involved<\/a> in the justice\u2019s controversial confirmation hearing, representing a possible conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/rules\/supct\/rule_44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>file<\/a> a petition for a rehearing of the decision within 25 days.<\/p>\n<p>A lower court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/michael-avenatti-faces-sentencing-in-nike-extortion-scheme\/3144316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>previously<\/a> sentenced Avenatti to 2 1\/2 years in prison for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity. At the time, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/michael-avenatti-sentenced-2-1-2-years-behind-bars-nike-n1273343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> he wanted his children \u201cto be ashamed\u201d of their father. He was charged with two extortion-related counts and one charge of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti already saw an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-upholds-ohio-law-banning-down-syndrome-abortions\/\" title=\"Appeals Court Upholds Ohio Law Banning Down Syndrome Abortions\">appeals court uphold<\/a> his convictions. <\/p>\n<p>The lawyer got involved with Nike as part of a case in which he represented a youth basketball coach litigating against the company for alleged unlawful payments to high school athletes. He pressured the company to pay his client and hire him and another lawyer to carry out an internal investigation into the matter or he would go public with the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniels\u2019s former lawyer is already facing steep legal penalties. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/michael-avenatti-sentenced-14-years-california-fraud-case-rcna60217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sentenced<\/a> to 14 years in prison for his part in a California fraud scheme and four years for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/michael-avenatti-sentenced-4-years-stealing-stormy-daniels-rcna31611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>stealing<\/a> from Daniels in a case in which he nabbed a large chunk of a $800,000 book advance for the porn star.<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti was once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/15\/michael-avenatti-from-battling-trump-to-fighting-his-own-legal-woes.html#:~:text=Rise%20and%20fall,fixture%20on%20cable%20news%20programs.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>considered<\/a> a \u201cliberal folk hero\u201d for taking on former President Donald Trump in Daniels\u2019s lawsuit against him seeking to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement preventing her from speaking about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lindell-sues-daily-mail-after-salacious-hit-piece-on-him-with-woman-in-west-village-and-hamptoms-two-places-hes-never-been-to-video\/\" title=\"Mike Lindell Sues Daily Mail After Salacious Hit Piece on Him with Woman in West Village and Hamptoms \u2014 Two Places He\u2019s Never Been To (VIDEO)\">alleged affair<\/a>. Trump is facing criminal charges in New York City for his part in a hush money case involving payments to Daniels to prevent her from publicizing the same alleged affair.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court rejected Michael Avenatti&#8217;s appeal to overturn his Nike fraud, dealing a blow to Stormy Daniels&#8217;s ex-lawyer. The court denied his petition on Tuesday, upholding the lower court&#8217;s ruling. 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