Duke probe finds no evidence Nike paid Zion Williamson
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University says an investigation has found no evidence that former basketball star Zion Williamson received improper benefits.
Avenatti seeks trial delay amid effort to prove Nike claims
NEW YORK (AP) — California attorney Michael Avenatti hopes to show that charging Nike $25 million to probe corruption at the sportswear giant was a bargain rather than extortion, his lawyer told a...
Michael Avenatti blames arrest on ‘vindictive’ prosecutors
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyer Michael Avenatti wants a judge to dismiss criminal charges that he extorted Nike, and he is blaming his arrest on what he calls vindictive prosecutors as he releases...
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti told reporters President Donald Trump is the real criminal after the California attorney appeared at a New York hearing on criminal charges he cheated porn star...
CHICAGO (AP) — Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti said Monday that R&B singer R. Kelly paid $2 million to keep the alleged victim in a child pornography case off the witness stand during a 2008...
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the charges against singer R. Kelly (all times local):
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Attorney Michael Avenatti says that he now represents three victims of singer R. Kelly,...
NEW YORK (AP) — California attorney Michael Avenatti learned Tuesday that he faces a November trial date on charges he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A paraplegic man previously represented by Michael Avenatti has filed a lawsuit alleging the embattled lawyer failed to pay him millions he was due in a settlement with...
NEW YORK (AP) — The pugilistic and embattled attorney Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to defrauding his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels, and seized the spotlight to toss a...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on court appearances by embattled attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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Attorney Michael Avenatti has emerged from a New York courthouse to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the attorney who rocketed to fame through his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her battles with President Donald Trump, was charged Wednesday with...
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti said Tuesday he expects to be indicted in the coming days in New York, following his March arrest on charges he tried to extort millions of dollars from...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti hired a lawyer to represent him Wednesday after a federal judge rejected his request for a public defender in a case alleging he stole millions...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a criminal case against attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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Attorney Michael Avenatti has told a federal judge in California that...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday rejected attorney Michael Avenatti's request for a public defender to represent him in a case alleging he stole millions of dollars from clients, cheated...
CHICAGO (AP) — Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti pushed his way into the R. Kelly sex abuse case proclaiming that he was representing two of the accusers but on Tuesday it became clearer that he...
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the sexual abuse case against R&B singer R. Kelly (all times local):
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R. Kelly's attorney says he's still waiting for prosecutors to hand over...
Avenatti pleads not guilty on charges of cheating, lying
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he stole millions of dollars from clients, cheated on his taxes and lied to investigators.
Judge delays next step in Avenatti legal process
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has agreed to delay the next step in the legal process for federal extortion charges against lawyer Michael Avenatti for 30 days.
Report: Avenatti met R. Kelly prosecutor Foxx at O’Hare
CHICAGO (AP) — Phone texts suggest chief Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx worked closely with attorney Michael Avenatti before bringing sexual abuse charges against singer R. Kelly, including by...
Michael Avenatti charged with tax evasion & fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on new federal charges against attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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A lawyer for a paralyzed man says his client is destitute after...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors painted a picture of attorney Michael Avenatti on Thursday as a scheming operator who stole millions of dollars from clients, cheated on his taxes, lied to...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Michael Avenatti is insistent that "justice will be done" after facing fraud charges Monday in federal court in California, a week after the attorney famous for...
CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer defending R. Kelly said Monday that the prosecution's sex-abuse case against the R&B singer had been marred by the involvement of attorney Michael Avenatti, who faces...
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on R. Kelly lawyer questioning role of Michael Avenatti in bring charges against Kelly (all times local):
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on federal criminal charges against attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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Attorney Michael Avenatti says he believes justice will...
ShowBiz Minute: Hussle, Avenatti, Box Office
In the course of a single week, there has been all of this:
"I have been truthful and consistent on every level since day one," actor Jussie Smollett told the world after prosecutors dropped...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Avenatti seemingly came out of nowhere, a sharply dressed lawyer with a penetrating gaze who said he would prove President Donald Trump had sex with a porn star and paid...
Prosecutors say Avenatti wanted in on NY sex-slave case
NEW YORK (AP) — An already bizarre case accusing a secretive self-help group in upstate New York of engaging in sex-trafficking took another strange turn Wednesday thanks to firebrand attorney...
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the case involving attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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The embattled lawyer Michael Avenatti has a knack for injecting himself into the...
Fraud charges followed Avenatti’s public financial feuds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even before federal prosecutors unsealed charges against Michael Avenatti, the lawyer best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in legal battles against President...
True to form, Avenatti attacks Nike a day after arrest
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti came out swinging Tuesday against Nike, accusing the shoemaker — without evidence — of "rampant" corruption mere hours after he was released from U.S....
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorney Mark Geragos has had a long career representing high-profile clients including Michael Jackson, Colin Kaepernick and Jussie Smollett. Now Geragos might need a defense...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on extortion allegations against lawyer Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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A day after he was charged with trying to extort millions of dollars...
The Latest: Avenatti expects to be ‘fully exonerated’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti says he is confident he will be "fully...
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the pugnacious attorney best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was arrested Monday on charges that...
Mississippi bank: Avenatti repaid loans in criminal case
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A small Mississippi bank says it didn't lose money on loans made to Michael Avenatti.
The lawyer, best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested...
WASHINGTON (AP) — He kept up a fist-pumping victory lap over the end of the Mueller probe. Basked in gushy accolades from a foreign leader. Saw a former nemesis humiliated by the feds.
Key facts in the federal case against Michael Avenatti
NEW YORK (AP) — Key facts in the federal case against celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti:
WHO IS MICHAEL AVENATTI?
Avenatti, 48, became a household name last year through his...
Michael Avenatti charged with extortion in NYC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Avenatti, who became famous as the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, said Tuesday that he no longer represents the porn actress who alleged she had an affair with President...
The Latest: Avenatti: Notion victims are lying ‘outrageous’
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the sexual abuse case against R&B singer R. Kelly (all times local):
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Lawyer Michael Avenatti says it's "outrageous" that R. Kelly's attorney...
The Latest: Kelly lawyer: New charge may be from old case
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on charges against singer R. Kelly (all times local):
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R. Kelly's attorney says one of the charges the R&B star faces appears to be tied to a decade-old...
3rd Kavanaugh accuser has history of legal disputes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, has an extensive history of involvement in legal disputes, including a lawsuit in which an ex-employer accused her of falsifying her college and work history on her job application.