Avenatti: Remembering the Attorney the Media Loved to Love

Michael Avenatti, Esq., is going to jail.

Stormy Daniels’s erstwhile attorney — Daniels reacted to Avenatti’s initial arrest in March 2019 by professing to be “saddened but not shocked” — was found guilty of attempted extortion, among other crimes, last February. Yesterday, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

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Michael Avenatti, Esq., is going to jail.

Stormy Daniels’s erstwhile attorney — Daniels reacted to Avenatti’s initial arrest in March 2019 by professing to be “saddened but not shocked” — was found guilty of attempted extortion, among other crimes, last February. Yesterday, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison.