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Ex-Stormy Daniels Lawyer Michael Avenatti Has Been Arrested For Attempting To Extort Nike
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Famous attorney Michael Avenatti announced early on Monday that he will be holding a press conference on Tuesday to reveal a “major” scandal involving big names in Nike and college basketball...

Not long after that announcement, he was arrested for attempting to extort...

Per CNN...
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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Monday charged lawyer Michael Avenatti for attempting to extort more than $20 million from Nike.

According to the criminal complaint, Avenatti met in March 2019 with attorney for Nike and threatened to release damaging information about the company if Nike didn’t make millions in payment to himself and an unnamed co-conspirator. Avenatti also allegedly demanded that Nike pay $1.5 million to an individual he claimed to represent.

“I’ll go take $10 billion dollars off your client’s market cap…I’m not f***ing around,” Avenatti said, according to the complaint.
(The Spun)
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Nike probably pushing for a gag on what he has, so they can find out/prep for. So the fbi is going to be going against itself here though in a way. The agents on the addidas/lsu/etc case vs agents on nikes side. Interesting...
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Wasnt he an early frontrunner for the Dem Prez nominee??
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km
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Is kapernick getting a new attorney?
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km
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Trash bag.
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Ok, enough he has had his 15 minutes of fame and no one cares about him.
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Karma.
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soooooooooo, an arrested person can still squeal. lets hear what you have to say big Mike
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womp womp
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That’s good for his sleazy arse
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If he has proof, will he release it? Inquiring minds want to know!
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Creepy Porn Lawyer at it again. SMH.
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You don't walk into a huge company like Nike and make threats of blackmail without having a LOT of dirt. He just got in over his head and Nike pulled strings with some powerful people to flip the tables on him.
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