on Avenatti Avenatti Argues Litigation Privilege Bars Prosecution on Nike Extortion Charges NY Law Journal By Tom McParland 8/19/19 Lawyers for Michael Avenatti on Monday asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss a criminal indictment accusing the embattled attorney of waging a multimillion-dollar extortion

rneys, Scott A. Srebnick and Jose M. Quinon, who last week accused federal prosecutors of carrying out a political witch hunt against their client. Avenatti, who is best known for his representation of adult-film star Stormy Daniels, was arrested earlier this year on charges that he had threatened to go

itimate capacity as an attorney. The filing, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, continued a multipronged attack from Avenatti's Florida-based attorneys, Scott A. Srebnick and Jose M. Quinon, who last week accused federal prosecutors of carrying out a political witch hunt ag

16, 2019 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. I 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

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.

p to 42 years in prison. For about two weeks, prosecutors called several witnesses, including lawyers and Nike employees, and played recordings of Avenatti at his meeting with Nike attorneys. The defense's case consisted of documents and stipulations insisting that Avenatti was only being an aggressive

behalf of his client. However, the client, Gary Franklin, the founder and coach of youth basketball team California Supreme, testified in court that Avenatti didn't keep him in the loop of the negotiations with the athletic giant. EFTA00094520 "In the words of Nike itself, he went in there to 'Just Do

ds and Cohen Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Ackerman Matters of Interest Stone Weinstein Public Corruption Avenatti Michael Avenatti jury deliberations begin in Nike case Fox News By Marta Dhanis 2/12/2020 Attorney Michael Avenatti's future is now in the jury's hands in the Nik

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

million settlement or hire him and an unnamed co-conspirator to conduct an internal investigation of alleged wrongdoing at the company. On Monday, Avenatti's attorneys said he was trying to settle claims by his client, California basketball coach Gary Franklin Sr., who said he had evidence Nike had funn

rneys, Scott A. Srebnick and Jose M. Quinon, who last week accused federal prosecutors of carrying out a political witch hunt against their client. Avenatti, who is best known for his representation of adult-film star Stormy Daniels, was arrested earlier this year on charges that he had threatened to go

on Avenatti Avenatti Argues Litigation Privilege Bars Prosecution on Nike Extortion Charges NY Law Journal By Tom McParland 8/19/19 Lawyers for Michael Avenatti on Monday asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss a criminal indictment accusing the embattled attorney of waging a multimillion-dollar extortion

14 Matters of Interest 16 Stone 16 Weinstein 25 1 EFTA00094540 SDNY News Clips, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Public Corruption Avenatti Michael Avenatti jury deliberations begin in Nike case Fox News By Marta Dhanis 2/12/2020 Attorney Michael Avenatti's future is now in the jury's hands in the Nik

, federal Judge Paul Gardephe sent a group of six women and six men to start deliberating. The 12 jurors need to consider if prosecutors proved that Avenatti is guilty on three counts: transmission of interstate communications with intent to extort, attempted extortion, and wire fraud. If convicted on all

behalf of his client. However, the client, Gary Franklin, the founder and coach of youth basketball team California Supreme, testified in court that Avenatti didn't keep him in the loop of the negotiations with the athletic giant. "In the words of Nike itself, he went in there to 'Just Do It,' for his cl

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

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

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

14 Matters of Interest 16 Stone 16 Weinstein 25 1 EFTA00104913 SDNY News Clips, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Public Corruption Avenatti Michael Avenatti jury deliberations begin in Nike case Fox News By Marta Dhanis 2/12/2020 Attorney Michael Avenatti's future is now in the jury's hands in the Nik

behalf of his client. However, the client, Gary Franklin, the founder and coach of youth basketball team California Supreme, testified in court that Avenatti didn't keep him in the loop of the negotiations with the athletic giant. "In the words of Nike itself, he went in there to 'Just Do It,' for his cl

, federal Judge Paul Gardephe sent a group of six women and six men to start deliberating. The 12 jurors need to consider if prosecutors proved that Avenatti is guilty on three counts: transmission of interstate communications with intent to extort, attempted extortion, and wire fraud. If convicted on all

ar Stormy Daniels claimed the company, drug giant Novartis and a Russian oligarch had all made payments to Cohen's shell company. Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said AT&T had made four separate payments of $50,000 apiece to Cohen's company, for a total of $200,000 in late 2017 and into early 2018. That c

took a dinner with the incoming CEO of Novartis before Mr. Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January 2018," Avenatti's report said. That CEO, Vas Narasimhan, was joined with a group of other companies' executives at that dinner. EFTA00814569 A Novartis spokespe

dst of pursuing an $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. The U.S. Justice Department has sued to block that deal. In a report on Cohen's company, Avenatti's law firm said that Novartis in late 2017 and early 2018 made four separate payments to Essential Consultants totaling nearly $400,000. "Followin

eports attorney Michael Avenatti has been 'ordered detained pending trial following his arrest late Tuesday for money laundering and other charges: Avenatti's bail was "revoked during a Wednesday hearing, following new charges from federal prosecutors that he'd violated the terms of his release while awa

ncinnati (1/15, 161K) also reports. Avenatti's Bail Revoked For Violating Terms Of Release. The New York Post (1/15, Saul, 4.57M) reports attorney Michael Avenatti has been 'ordered detained pending trial following his arrest late Tuesday for money laundering and other charges: Avenatti's bail was "revoked duri

ment Task Force joint investigation conducted by the Southern Ohio Digitized Organized Crime Group." WKRC-TV Cincinnati (1/15, 161K) also reports. Avenatti's Bail Revoked For Violating Terms Of Release. The New York Post (1/15, Saul, 4.57M) reports attorney Michael Avenatti has been 'ordered detained pe

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

e trial "next week." Avenatti Nike Texts Said to Mock FBI Emerge in Avenatti Extortion Case Bloomberg By Erik Larson 1/10/2020 Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti said that recently unearthed text messages in which he says Nike Inc. executives mock the Federal Bureau of Investigation justify forcing their test

tempt for the government's investigation of its conduct is readily apparent from documents viewed by the defense for the first time just yesterday;' Avenatti's lawyer Scott Srebnick said in the filing. "For instance, right in the EFTA00064819 middle of the FBI investigation, on April 11, 2018, two of th

gal payments to youth basketball players. The texts would show that Nike wasn't serious about aiding the government in its probe of the allegations, Avenatti argued in a court filing Thursday. Avenatti claims the company tried to incriminate him before he could blow the whistle on it. Avenatti, who gain

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

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

ctional Center on Thursday and into the general population where he is housed with other convicted defendants. The transfer came up on Tuesday when Avenatti was back in Manhattan federal court for a scheduling conference in a separate criminal case in which he is charged with stealing hundreds of thousan

and International Narcotics Halkbank General Crimes Civil NYCHA Matters of Interest Weinstein Barr Stone Kerik Public Corruption Avenatti Michael Avenatti is out of solitary confinement, his lawyer says CNN By Kara Scannell and Erica Orden 2/25/2020 New York (CNN) — Celebrity attorney Michael Avenat

enatti who had lost weight and become gaunt. He said Avenatti lived in a cell side by side with accused terrorists and an ISIS fighter. Warren said Avenatti's new surroundings are "no walk in the park" but are "profoundly different." He said he appreciates the warden moving his client. For now Warren ad

ests in civil litigation. 3 EFTA00020300 --- PAGE BREAK --- Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 252 Filed 04/27/21 Page 4 of 9 See United States v. Avenatti, No. (SI) I9-CR-373 (PGG), 2020 WL 86768, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 6, 2020). But Rule 17(c) subpoenas are not tools of discovery. Nixon, 418 U.S. at 698

ally impeaching statements `ripen into evidentiary material. . . only if and when the witness testifies at trial...." (citation omitted)). See also Avenatti, 2020 WL 86768, at *6 (rejecting the argument that the defendant needed the recordings in question prior to trial in order "to demonstrate witnesses

in to discovery requests in civil litigation. 3 EFTA00081407 Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 252 Filed 04/27/21 Page 4 of 9 See United States v. Avenatti, No. (SI) I9-CR-373 (PGG), 2020 WL 86768, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 6, 2020). But Rule 17(c) subpoenas are not tools of discovery. Nixon, 418 U.S. at 698

ally impeaching statements `ripen into evidentiary material. . . only if and when the witness testifies at trial...." (citation omitted)). See also Avenatti, 2020 WL 86768, at *6 (rejecting the argument that the defendant needed the recordings in question prior to trial in order "to demonstrate witnesses

-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,

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se corruption unless he was allowed to conduct an internal probe of the company. Prosecutors say he had more than $11 million in debts at the time. Avenatti's lawyers have argued that he was doing an honest and legal negotiation with the shoemaker on behalf of an amateur basketball coach who wanted Nike

ardephe approved the halt to deliberations after the juror insisted she "will be passed up for the position" if she does not show, the court heard. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging that he tried to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening to publicly expose corruption unless h

llegation regarding Avenatti's demand to be hired directly by the company. If that element of the charges is well-founded, it would effectively leave Avenatti without a "cloak of legitimacy" that he was acting solely to resolve a dispute on behalf of his client. The complaint "doesn't even refer to anticipa

w Strickler Law360 (March 26, 2019, 9:52 PM EDT) - A day after being accused of trying to extort Nike, attorney and President Donald Trump antagonist Michael Avenatti was on the offensive Tuesday with allegations of corruption on the part of the company, but those counterpunches likely won't help him dodge federal