An anti-Trump lawyer has been sentenced to four years in prison for cheating on a porn actress

U.S. Attorney Michael Avenatti, once known as Donald Trump’s fiercest enemy, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for stealing $ 300,000 from a pornographic actress who allegedly had links with the former president for more than 15 years.

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The 51-year-old Mr. from California. Avenatti was sentenced last July to two and a half years in prison for extorting money from sports equipment supplier Nike. The Manhattan Federal Attorney’s Office said the two jails should be somewhat confusing.

“Lawyers must be loyal and protect their clients. Without it, Michael Avenatti would have stolen his client’s identity and money.

The case was extended from February 2018 to March 2019 when Donald Trump was in the White House.

Mr. Avenatti represents Stormy Daniels, a former porn actress at the time, who claims to have had a brief affair with a man who was a New York businessman in 2006. Stephanie Clifford, her real name, is suing the 45th President of the United States for canceling a secret agreement that barred her from talking about the adventure.

Its defender, Michael Avenatti, appeared to be the left-wing defender of the Republican leader and multiplied interventions in the press and on social media until he was suspected of wanting to run for the White House.

But in March 2019, a prosecutor was arrested with a shaved head for attempting to extort money and tax evasion against sports equipment supplier Nike.

In fairness, Mr. Avenati had asked the company’s leaders to pay him millions of dollars so that he would not release compromise information about the crimes Nike allegedly committed by hiring university basketball players.

He was convicted in February 2020 and sentenced in July 2021 to 30 months in prison.

Avenatti Stormy Daniels, who fell in the Nike file, did not end the affair.

Last February, a Manhattan federal court found that Stephanie Clifford and her publisher had defrauded the former porn star of $ 300,000 and advanced $ 800,000 of the book (“full disclosure”) about her affair with Donald Trump.

Half of the money repaid by the lawyer, Mr. Helped travel to Avenati and buy a leased Ferrari.