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Disgraced and selfish lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay Stormy Daniels $148,750 in restitution connected to his conviction of “wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for embezzling $297,500” of the proceeds from Daniels’ book Full Disclosure.
Avenatti, 51, was convicted by a Manhattan federal jury in February of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for embezzling $297,500 in book proceeds from Daniels, who testified that Avenatti “stole from me and lied to me.”U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in June sentenced Avenatti to four years in prison, calling his conduct “brazen and egregious.”The sentence also required Avenatti to forfeit the $297,500, but the restitution is lower because he repaid some of the money to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. Avenatti is appealing the conviction and sentence.Daniels is known for receiving $130,000 from Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen before the 2016 presidential election in exchange for keeping quiet about an affair she claimed to have had with the future U.S. president, which he denied.
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