Michael Avenatti Sentenced to 14 years

[greysfang]

Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from clients

By Devan Cole, CNN
Published 3:44 PM EST, Mon December 5, 2022



Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison for embezzling millions of dollars from four of his clients and obstruction.

Avenatti pleaded guilty earlier this year to four counts of wire fraud for each client he stole from and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code. Prosecutors said he obstructed the IRS’ effort to collect $5 million in unpaid payroll taxes for Tully’s Coffee.

The sentence handed down Monday by federal district Judge James Selna will begin after Avenatti completes a five-year prison term he’s currently serving after being convicted in two separate trials in New York.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/michael-avenatti-prison-sentence-client-embezzlement/index.html

Damn, they threw the book at him.

[constancespry]

Damn, they threw the book at him.

That’s what I wanna read regarding rump’s sentencing. 😁

[trixie]

That's one of the biggest crash and burns I've ever seen. He'll be 70 before he ever gets out of prison.

He was a great bullshitter, I'll give him that. And a great dresser. He lost me when he started talking about running for president, and involving himself in the Brett Kavanaugh thing. Up until then, he seemed pretty genuine.

[Sarzy]

Could he get out before then or does he have to serve a full 14 years?

[greysfang]

Its Federal so he has to serve 85% of his sentence. What's even worse, the judge ordered this sentence wouldn't begin until he completes the 5-year sentence he is currently in prison for, so he basically has 19 years total.

[no1novice]

Shame.

[tulip]

Dec 6, 2022 19:05:04 GMT trixie said:

That's one of the biggest crash and burns I've ever seen. He'll be 70 before he ever gets out of prison.

He was a great bullshitter, I'll give him that. And a great dresser. He lost me when he started talking about running for president, and involving himself in the Brett Kavanaugh thing. Up until then, he seemed pretty genuine.

I loved it when he was representing Stormy Daniels and needled Trump. Then he got too full of himself and he lost me too. 

[no1novice]

Oh HIM!