Lawyer Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all charges that he cheated his prized client Stormy Daniels out of a large chunk of her book proceeds.
NEW YORK -- Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of charges he cheated the porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former president Donald Trump.
Prosecutors portrayed Avenatti as a common thief and serial liar. He countered by seeking to cast himself as a white knight who came to the rescue of Daniels until he turned on her. Daniels had initially hired Avenatti as she was trying to escape the terms of a $130,000 hush payment deal that kept her from speaking publicly about an alleged sexual encounter that Trump says never happened.
The relationship between the two fell apart after Daniels said she learned that Avenatti had taken a share of her $800,000 book deal for himself.After opening statements and two trial witnesses, he shed his lawyers and confronting witnesses himself, setting up his questioning of Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford.
Prosecutors argued Avenatti was trying to portray Daniels as crazy - what they called a"blame the victim" defense that failed to support his claim he was owed the money after spending millions of dollars representing Daniels.
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