{"id":559403,"date":"2021-06-10T13:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T17:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559403"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:22:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T17:22:02","slug":"michael-avenatti-seeking-leniency-in-nike-extortion-case-says-hes-suffered-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-avenatti-seeking-leniency-in-nike-extortion-case-says-hes-suffered-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Avenatti Seeking Leniency In Nike Extortion Case, Says He\u2019s Suffered Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fmichael-avenatti-seeking-leniency-in-nike-extortion-case-says-hes-suffered-enough%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=559403&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1163791995.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Attorneys for Michael Avenatti have requested he be sentenced to no more than six months in prison and one year of home confinement for his attempt to extort $25 million from sportswear company Nike.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-health-coronavirus-pandemic-sports-aa49e1e3119df1204f060e1ba2b9024a\">reported<\/a> that Avenatti\u2019s attorneys say the former high-profile attorney has suffered enough after spending three months in jail and facing public ridicule for his \u201ccataclysmic fall.\u201d The outlet noted that Avenatti faces 11 to 14 <em>years<\/em> in prison after he was convicted by a jury of extortion.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys added that Avenatti could never repeat the crime since he is now barred from practicing law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvenatti\u2019s epic fall and public shaming has played out in front of the entire world. The Court may take judicial notice of this fact, as Avenatti\u2019s cataclysmic fall has been well-documented. He is openly mocked by the former President of the United States and his preferred media outlets, to the glee of millions of the former President\u2019s followers and supporters,\u201d his attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe cannot go anywhere in public without inducing and subjecting himself to vitriolic comments and abuse. These circumstances alone would deter anyone in Avenatti\u2019s shoes from engaging in similar conduct,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti rose to fame for representing porn star Stormy Daniels as she accused former President Donald Trump of paying her to keep their affair quiet during his 2016 presidential campaign. Left-wing media outlets, including CNN and MSNBC, repeatedly hosted Avenatti to denounce Trump. At one point, Avenatti even flirted with running for president himself, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-a-look-back-at-all-the-media-praise-for-michael-avenatti\">the cheers<\/a> of media personalities.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, however, all that came crashing down when Avenatti was accused of trying extort Nike. A federal grand jury indicted him on 36 counts, including embezzlement, fraud, and perjury, The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michael-avenatti-be-indicted-36-counts-including-ashe-schow\">reported<\/a>. The charges stemmed from not only Avenatti\u2019s attempted extortion of Nike, but also his dealings with previous clients, including Geoffrey Ernest Johnson, who is mentally ill and a paraplegic. Johnson won a $4 million settlement from Los Angeles County, but Avenatti hid the money from him for years. He allegedly also hid $2.75 million from another client. The day after he received that money, he allegedly purchased a $2.5 million private jet for a company he owned. The jet was seized by federal agents. He also was accused of stealing Daniels\u2019 book advance<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti and his various businesses also owed millions in back taxes, and his Newport Beach law firm was reaching bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>Those were some of the charges in California. In New York, Avenatti was charged with attempting to extort Nike. Avenatti was found guilty for telling Nike attorneys that he would \u201ctake 10 billion dollars off your client\u2019s market cap\u201d if they didn\u2019t pay him and a client $20 million. Avenatti threatened to hold a press conference to publicly accuse Nike of a scandal involving high school and college basketball teams. On March 25, 2019, Avenatti announced he would hold a the press conference the following day. That same day, the Southern District of New York announced charges against the attorney for extortion.<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-attorney-michael-avenatti-found-guilty-of-trying-to-extort-nike\">found guilty<\/a> in February 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys for Michael Avenatti have requested he be sentenced to no more than six months in prison and one year of home confinement for his attempt to extort $25 million &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279891,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1163791995.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Michael Avenatti Seeking Leniency In Nike Extortion Case, Says He\u2019s Suffered Enough","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1163791995.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Michael Avenatti Seeking Leniency In Nike Extortion Case, Says He\u2019s Suffered Enough","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}