jimnyc
03-27-2019, 12:37 PM
And continues to make himself look dumber and dumber & sleazier.
How stupid do you have to be, as a lawyer, in the profession - to state that it's normal and that people make threats all the time?
If you make a threat, to either give me money or I will release 'bad information' about you - that's TEXTBOOK extortion. Again, what a maroon.
And he wanted to make sure that the right thing was done. Yeah, the right thing is keeping ones mouth shut in return for $$ millions of dollars.
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Michael Avenatti reacts to indictment for extortion: I was trying to 'make sure that the right thing was done'
Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti brushed aside his indictment for extortion by saying “people make threats all the time,” according to his “CBS This Morning” interview that aired Wednesday.
“There’s legal experts that say that I was well within the line as an aggressive attorney. There’s many that say that, and the fact of the matter is this was not extortion. People make threats all the time … in connection with trying to settle a case,” Avenatti said.
Avenatti was indicted Monday in two jurisdictions. Federal prosecutors in New York accuse Avenatti of concocting a scheme to extort more than $20 million from corporate giant Nike. He is also charged with bank and wire fraud in California in connection to embezzlement accusations.
Avenatti told “CBS This Morning” that many lawyers do what he is accused of doing.
“If what they’ve alleged constitutes extortion, you’re going to have to go around the country and arrest tens of thousands of lawyers in this country for extortion,” he said. “It was attempting to settle and resolve a dispute on behalf of a client and make sure that the right thing was done.”
Rest - https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/27/michael-avenatti-and-nike/
How stupid do you have to be, as a lawyer, in the profession - to state that it's normal and that people make threats all the time?
If you make a threat, to either give me money or I will release 'bad information' about you - that's TEXTBOOK extortion. Again, what a maroon.
And he wanted to make sure that the right thing was done. Yeah, the right thing is keeping ones mouth shut in return for $$ millions of dollars.
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Michael Avenatti reacts to indictment for extortion: I was trying to 'make sure that the right thing was done'
Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti brushed aside his indictment for extortion by saying “people make threats all the time,” according to his “CBS This Morning” interview that aired Wednesday.
“There’s legal experts that say that I was well within the line as an aggressive attorney. There’s many that say that, and the fact of the matter is this was not extortion. People make threats all the time … in connection with trying to settle a case,” Avenatti said.
Avenatti was indicted Monday in two jurisdictions. Federal prosecutors in New York accuse Avenatti of concocting a scheme to extort more than $20 million from corporate giant Nike. He is also charged with bank and wire fraud in California in connection to embezzlement accusations.
Avenatti told “CBS This Morning” that many lawyers do what he is accused of doing.
“If what they’ve alleged constitutes extortion, you’re going to have to go around the country and arrest tens of thousands of lawyers in this country for extortion,” he said. “It was attempting to settle and resolve a dispute on behalf of a client and make sure that the right thing was done.”
Rest - https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/27/michael-avenatti-and-nike/