Epstein Secrets

ion Avenatti Avenatti didn't care about ruining teens' lives in Nike case, lawyer says NY Post By Ruth Weissmann 1/30/2020 Lightning-rod lawyer Michael Avenatti was allegedly so hellbent on extorting an eight-figure sum from Nike that he didn't care who got hurt — including teenage basketball players, a witn

ort the company for $20 million under threat of exposing purported corruption in youth basketball linked to the athletic-wear titan. "I said to Mr. Avenatti, 'You may not care about the company, you may not care about me, but [ifj you go live with allegations naming a 17-, 18-year-old player ... you coul

ied Thursday. In his second day of testimony in Manhattan federal court, Nike attorney Scott Wilson recounted the "Twilight Zone" meetings in which Avenatti allegedly tried to extort the company for $20 million under threat of exposing purported corruption in youth basketball linked to the athletic-wear

e jury box and the witness stand day after day, oftentimes dwarfing the women who were detailing their allegations just a few feet away. As actress Annabella Sciorra recounted the night she says Weinstein forced his way into her apartment and raped her in 1993 or 1994, she described herself as a full foot shorter

over again." (The two other sitting FEC commissioners, both appointed by the George W. Bush administration, declined to be interviewed.) Avenatti Michael Avenatti was 'extremely loud' during testimony, prosecutors say NY Post By Emily Saul 2/4/2020 Prosecutors Tuesday complained that gasbag Michael Avenatti

n federal court Judge Paul Gardephe at the end of the trial day after the jury left the courtroom. Sobelman said that if the prosecutors could hear Avenatti confer with his lawyers and respond to testimony, it was likely those weighing his fate could, too. "We have really serious concerns about how this

him alleging the company was engaged in corruptly paying handlers of rising stars in youth basketball. Jurors previously heard a recording in which Avenatti threatened to take "510 billion" off Nike's market cap if the company didn't pay up. The lawyer argues he was simply advocating for his client. Se

s the producer raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013, ant who says he forced oral sex on her at his home in 2006. The account from a third woman, Annabella Sciorra, the actress who has accused him of raping her in 1993, is meant to support a predatory sexual assault charge. Prosecutors in New York won permissi

ion Avenatti Avenatti didn't care about ruining teens' lives in Nike case, lawyer says NY Post By Ruth Weissmann 1/30/2020 Lightning-rod lawyer Michael Avenatti was allegedly so hellbent on extorting an eight-figure sum from Nike that he didn't care who got hurt — including teenage basketball players, a witn

ort the company for $20 million under threat of exposing purported corruption in youth basketball linked to the athletic-wear titan. "I said to Mr. Avenatti, 'You may not care about the company, you may not care about me, but [if] you go live with allegations naming a 17-, 18-year-old player ... you coul

ied Thursday. In his second day of testimony in Manhattan federal court, Nike attorney Scott Wilson recounted the "Twilight Zone" meetings in which Avenatti allegedly tried to extort the company for $20 million under threat of exposing purported corruption in youth basketball linked to the athletic-wear

e jury box and the witness stand day after day, oftentimes dwarfing the women who were detailing their allegations just a few feet away. As actress Annabella Sciorra recounted the night she says Weinstein forced his way into her apartment and raped her in 1993 or 1994, she described herself as a full foot shorter