Avenatti, who was based in California, had been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in the Nike case. He also has been convicted of stealing book proceeds from Daniels and was sentenced to 14 years ...

What Avenatti fails to understand and accept is that he is the one on trial for his illegalities — specifically, forgery and theft of funds.” In this courtroom sketch, Michael Cohen ...

That lawyer is the defendant Michael Avenatti,” Rohrbach said as he pointed at the 50-year-old on trial. Defense attorney ... million from sportswear giant Nike. He has not yet begun serving ...