Breaking: Los Angeles attorney Michael Avenatti engaged in fraud and money laundering to hide $1 million from one of his ex-wives and other creditors after his March 2019 arrest, federal prosecutors allege in newly filed court papers.
Los Angeles attorney Michael Avenatti engaged in fraud and money laundering to hide $1 million from one of his ex-wives and other creditors after his March 2019 arrest, federal prosecutors allege in newly filed court papers.
In documents filed in Santa Ana federal court, they allege that Avenatti received the $1 million in legal fees last April as part of a client’s settlement, but concealed the money from his second ex-wife Lisa Storie, his former law partner Jason Frank, tax authorities and other creditors.
Avenatti, who is scheduled to go on trial next week in New York federal court for allegedly trying to extort sport giant Nike out of more than $20 million, used the money to cover rent on his luxury apartment in Century City, pay his legal bills and buy a $50,000 Mercedes, according to the court documents.Avenatti initially tried to buy the car in his own name, but then worked with his first ex-wife, Christine Avenatti Carlin, to put it in her name instead, prosecutors allege.
Prosecutors said Avenatti received a received the $1 million in a cashier’s check on April 30, but failed to turn the money over to creditors who had legal claims on the money.
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