Michael Avenatti had an 'agenda' to shake down Nike Inc for millions o...
NEW YORK - Michael Avenatti had an “agenda” to shake down Nike Inc for millions of dollars by threatening to tar the apparel company with corruption allegations, a prosecutor said on Tuesday near the end of the celebrity lawyer’s extortion trial.
Prosecutors also accused Avenatti of defrauding Franklin, the coach of California Supreme, once part of a Nike-sponsored basketball league, who did not want a press conference but rather a settlement where Nike would fire executives responsible for the payments.Avenatti, 48, became famous representing the adult film actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against Donald Trump, becoming a self-described “nemesis” of the U.S. president including through hundreds of television appearances.
He also replayed a recording where Avenatti told a Nike lawyer he was prepared to “blow the lid off this thing” and that paying a few million dollars did not “move the needle” for him.
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