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ted by Eun Young Choi, Thane Rehn and Kristy Jean Greenberg of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern D

Listen. Public Corruption Avenatti Avenatti Says Nike Agreed To Pay Zion Williamson $.35K Law 360 By Zachary Zagger 8/15/19 Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti referenced alleged texts between Nike executives discussing an illicit $35,000 payment to eventual NBA No. 1 draft pick Zion Williamson before he co

to Duke University, in a motion filed late Wednesday seeking to escape federal criminal charges alleging he attempted to extort the shoe company. Avenatti told a federal court that federal prosecutors in Manhattan are selectively and vindictively prosecuting him over allegations he attempted to extort

and another attorney to conduct an internal investigation costing between $15 million and $25 million. In Wednesday's motion to toss those charges, Avenatti's legal team provided a taste of the type of evidence Avenatti claimed he would unveil, arguing that it was evidence that Franklin had a valid legal

coach for a youth basketball team in California sponsored by Nike's Elite Youth Basketball, or EYB, program. Franklin sought to file the suit before Avenatti even came on board after he grew uncomfortable with Nike EYB executives making him funnel illicit payments to his youth players, Avenatti argued.

ertificate that said the singer Aaliyah was 18 when she and Mr. Kelly were wed. She was, in fact, 15 at the time and the marriage was annulled. Mr. Greenberg has said Mr. Kelly did not know she was underage at the time. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001. The following year, Mr. Kelly was arrested on

two decades, has been under renewed scrutiny since the documentary "Surviving R. Kelly" was broadcast on Lifetime in January. The celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti said last week that he had obtained a video showing Mr. Kelly having sex with a 14-year-old girl, and given it to the Cook County State's Attorney's

ertificate that said the singer Aaliyah was 18 when she and Mr. Kelly were wed. She was, in fact, 15 at the time and the marriage was annulled. Mr. Greenberg has said Mr. Kelly did not know she was underage at the time. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001. The following year, Mr. Kelly was arrested on

two decades, has been under renewed scrutiny since the documentary "Surviving R. Kelly" was broadcast on Lifetime in January. The celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti said last week that he had obtained a video showing Mr. Kelly having sex with a 14-year-old girl, and given it to the Cook County State's Attorney's

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-year-old case that has been reshaped by changes in controlling law. Read full article » Avenatti Gets May Trial Date In Calif. Embezzlement Case Michael Avenatti will get his day in court next spring, a California federal judge decided Monday, scheduling a May 19 trial date in the government's embezzlement c

judge said Monday, scheduling a swift conclusion in a six-year-old case that has been reshaped by changes in controlling law. Read full article » Avenatti Gets May Trial Date In Calif. Embezzlement Case Michael Avenatti will get his day in court next spring, a California federal judge decided Monday,