Federal Prosecutors Charge Michael Avenatti With Defrauding Stormy Daniels

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Source: Bloomberg/AP

New York (AP) -- Attorney Michael Avenatti has been charged with ripping off porn star Stormy Daniels, the client who made him famous.

The allegations against Avenatti were revealed in charges filed Wednesday in New York.

Federal prosecutors say Avenatti took money Daniels was supposed to get from a book deal.

Daniels isn't named in the court filing, but the details of the case make it clear that she is the client involved in the case.



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[LisaM]

1. I'm glad I didn't jump on the Avenatti bandwagon.

Something about that guy always rubbed me the wrong way.

[Beakybird]

2. Me too. He seemed very thin skinned and egocentric.

[jberryhill]

4. And people wonder "Why Can't Trump Supporters See What He Is?"

Avenatti is Exhibit A.

[LisaM]

5. There were people here who wanted him to run for President!

I mean, obviously the lack of experience in elected office should have been a disqualifier, but that aside, he seemed very slippery.

[Honeycombe8]

6. Same here. I thought he was a passionate speaker, ...

but I never thought he'd be material for running for President.

Even early on, he was being sued by his former law firm for taking money or something like that.

[hlthe2b]

3. Man is he ever in one "shit-load" of trouble..

I can't do more than shake my head...

[Honeycombe8]

7. It's pathetic that he'd steal her money. A mother with a kid to support.

The one that made him famous.

I bet she never gets that money. He's probably already spent it. Pathetic.

[GulfCoast66]

8. Many on DU saw this coming, but quickly learned to keep our keyboards quite.

I was as astounded to see some on DU pushing him for president. I quickly learned than an innocuous comment like we really don’t want a Porn Star lawyer as a candidate would be equated with being a traitor to the party. I stopped commenting while my hide was intact.

But many on DU saw this coming.