SDNY is charging Michael Avenatti for extortion (Edit: Also charged in LA for bank fraud)

[Shard Shinjuku]

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NEW: SDNY is charging Michael Avenatti for "attempting to extract more than $20M in payments from a publicly traded company by threatening to use his ability to garner publicity to inflict substantial financial & reputational harm on the company if his demands were not met."
1:01 PM · Mar 25, 2019 · TweetDeck

 

[minimaxir]

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Tmrw at 11 am ET, we will be holding a press conference to disclose a major high school/college basketball scandal perpetrated by @Nike that we have uncovered. This criminal conduct reaches the highest levels of Nike and involves some of the biggest names in college basketball.

 

[rokkerkory]

welp... GG

 

[ApatheticDolphin]

lmao

 

[thuway]

BASTA

 

[Tamanon]

Flew too close to the sun.

 

[Cat Party]

LMAO

 

[Mr.Awesome]

Also getting charged with Wire and Bank Fraud. He tried to take down Nike

Michael Avenatti to be charged with wire and bank fraud in alleged shakedown of Nike, federal prosecutors say

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/25/michael-avenatti-to-be-charged-with-wire-and-bank-fraud.html

 

[Invisible Cities]

Maybe he really is presidential material

 

[SugarNoodles]

Wow that’s almost a fraction as bad as the stuff everyone else in our government does.

 

[Drewton]

Someone who really let all the attention get to his head

 

[Burt]

lawl

 

[Deleted member 176]

Very likely relevant context:

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Tmrw at 11 am ET, we will be holding a press conference to disclose a major high school/college basketball scandal perpetrated by @Nike that we have uncovered. This criminal conduct reaches the highest levels of Nike and involves some of the biggest names in college basketball.

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lol

avenatti sucks dude

 

[MarauderShields]

Remember the people that wanted him to be President

 

[LL_Decitrig]

This guy was flavour of the month for a bit. He's taken quite a tumble since then.

 

[Carolina Reaper]

Cool. Make him go away.

 

[YamchasRevenge]

We found our nominee

 

[NSA]

Oh Avenatti...

 

[Bunta]

 

[Joe]

I am so glad his star burned out.

"But he's a fighter!"

 

[Lotus]

Remember the people that wanted him to be President

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Yes, yes I do

 

[Netherscourge]

The next headline will be: "Stormy Daniels sues Avenatti"

 

[Sparkedglory2]

I read that as Sony and got VERY confused for a bit.

 

[Deleted member 28461]

So many grifters. Hope he faces severe consequences.

 

[Metallix87]

This dude was intending on running for President, and making claims that Trump would not be President anymore by 2020 as a result of the Mueller investigation.

What a scam artist.

 

[The Albatross]

This is one of the best examples of 'Everything Trump Touches Dies,' because it's just not the example you'd first think of.

Flew too close to the sun.

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This.

 

[Tamanon]

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Sounds like he doesn't know how settlement agreements are usually reached.

 

[WedgeX]

I am so glad his star burned out.

"But he's a fighter!"

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In hindsight, this seems like the inevitable conclusion.

 

[Complicated]

Also getting charged with Wire and Bank Fraud. He tried to take down Nike

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I'm gonna guess whatever he has on Nike involves paying NCAA athletes which literally everybody except the NCAA is in favor of doing. They probably don't even care that he was going to go public.

 

[JB1981]

Oh my god, this fucking guy. Can’t believe I ever put any faith into this charlatan.

 

[Commedieu]

Lol. Ahead of his skis :(

 

[Kreed]

Just heard he was arrested on the news.

 

[Sweeney Swift]

Lock him up

 

[Deleted member 2809]

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A bold move for sure.

 

[NSA]

 

[BMW]

 

[Sweeney Swift]

More charges coming

 

[Metallix87]

Lock him up

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Seems like that's happening as we speak.

 

[Boke18]

and some wanted this man to run for President lmaoooo

 

[zoku88]

Remember the people that wanted him to be President

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Some people don't really care about policy and effectiveness and only care about 'winning', I guess

 

[Denamitea]

So when is he announcing his presidential run?

 

[Kthulhu]

Some of y'all wanted this guy to be president lol.

At least now he'll be qualified for it.

 

[HeartlessNobody2134]

Dude tried to pull a Michael Cohen?

 

[DrFunk]

 

[Carl2291]

Oh dear how sad.

 

[clevbrowns95]

His stock rose and rose and then sunk hard like Sears. But we'll always have his tweets in which he dunked hard on Trump.

 

[Effect]

The next headline will be: "Stormy Daniels sues Avenatti"

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I'm actually kinda expecting it at some point.

 

[freshlysqueezed]

Remember the people that wanted him to be President

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His only mistake was not winning the presidency before becoming a criminal.

 

[PhilosopherDirtBike]

Hahahahaha

Also gotta love that this guy falls into the Bill Maher Zone of people that conservatives inexplicably think are Liberal Heroes

 

[Jmdajr]

Haha. Man. What the fuck. This ridiculous timeline.