NEW YORK, N.Y. — Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison for attempting to extort up to $25 million from Nike and defrauding his client. U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe in New ...

A New York federal judge sentenced a tearful Michael Avenatti to two and a half years in prison Thursday for trying to extort big sums of cash from athletic brand Nike. The disgraced Newport ...

Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to four years in prison for cheating client Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds. The California lawyer is currently incarcerated on ...

UPDATE: On Tuesday, January 14, former Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti was taken into federal custody during a State Bar hearing in Los Angeles on Tuesday, accused of concealing money from ...