# Stormy Daniels probably needs a new attorney. (Michael Avenatti arrested. Again.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527 "2019-03-25T21:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/1 "2019-03-25T21:17:12Z")
It seems that the Southern District of New York is capable of multitasking when it comes to high profile cases. Michael Avenatti has been charged with attempting to extort $25 million from Nike. In a tweet this morning, Avenatti said > [@](#): > > 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. (twitter sic) He was arrested 2 hours after his tweet. The Central District of California is also pursuing unrelated wire fraud allegations. He’s had other run-ins with the law but got out of a domestic abuse charge in LA. I’m no lawyer but I think he’s going to need a good one. He should consider Rudy Giuliani. He should have a little more free time now and he has experience dealing with the SDNY. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/2 "2019-03-25T21:44:06Z")
LOL see what happens in the soverign district of new york. Chuck Roades is out and Billy Connerty is in and now this. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/3 "2019-03-25T21:55:43Z")
Why, what happened to Clark Brewster? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/4 "2019-03-25T22:01:04Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Why, what happened to Clark Brewster? I hadn’t seen that. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/5 "2019-03-25T22:57:50Z")
[Here’s](https://twitter.com/SDNYnews/status/1110249201299013633) an infographic from the SDNY Twitter feed. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/6 "2019-03-26T00:31:38Z")
This will be at least as much fun as Jeff Bezos v. _National Enquirer_! > [@Rachel Green in Friends watching Ross try to pick up Isabella Rosselini](#): > > I’m just sorry we don’t got popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/7 "2019-03-26T01:00:29Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > [Here’s](https://twitter.com/SDNYnews/status/1110249201299013633) an infographic from the SDNY Twitter feed. That leaves me a little unclear on one point. Was Mr. Avenatti fucking around with this, or not? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/8 "2019-03-26T02:04:40Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > That leaves me a little unclear on one point. Was Mr. Avenatti fucking around with this, or not? AVENATTI: “[have you] held the balls of the client in your hand where you could take five to six billion dollars market cap off of them?” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/9 "2019-03-26T02:23:53Z")
So, is the press conference tomorrow still on? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/10 "2019-03-26T03:16:25Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > So, is the press conference tomorrow still on? I don’t see why not. He made bail. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/11 "2019-03-26T03:20:19Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > AVENATTI: “[have you] held the balls of the client in your hand where you could take five to six billion dollars market cap off of them?” 😕 I thought it was his client, Ms Daniels, who held guys’ balls in her hand? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/12 "2019-03-26T17:20:05Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > So, is the press conference tomorrow still on? He’s released another tweet storm implicating Nike. If nothing else, the guy’s got balls of steel. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/13 "2019-03-26T17:46:30Z")
I blame Nike for ruining College Football. Screw 'em! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/14 "2019-03-26T17:49:21Z")
Stormy Daniels fired Michael Avenatti a while ago, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/15 "2019-03-26T17:51:42Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Stormy Daniels fired Michael Avenatti a while ago, actually. I didn’t get the memo until post #3. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/16 "2019-05-22T18:49:42Z")
Update: Mr. Avenatti has been indicted _again_, this time for defrauding Stormy Daniels and stealing her book advance. [https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1131265764445569024](https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1131265764445569024) ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/17 "2019-05-22T19:07:27Z")
Like so many other things in her life, when it came to picking an attorney, Sweet Miz Stormy blew it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/18 "2019-05-22T19:14:34Z")
> **[U.S. Attorney Announces Indictment Of Michael Avenatti For Aggravated...](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-indictment-michael-avenatti-aggravated-identity-theft-engaging)** The letter from the SDNY announcing the indictments. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/19 "2019-05-22T19:17:04Z")
Is he still a popular dark horse for president? These [stickers](https://www.redbubble.com/people/loveanddefiance/works/31698860-michael-avenatti-for-president-2020?p=sticker&size=small&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=CjwKCAjw5pPnBRBJEiwAULZKvtDityoH7uTUC7khYGvqe_rn3YGBAqhZDcc9KHLo_h67ssmOXpqIMBoCX6QQAvD_BwE)seem a little out of date. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527/20 "2019-05-22T19:18:09Z")
Perhaps Avenatti ran for President because he knew that was the only thing which could prevent him from being indicted? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-probably-needs-a-new-attorney-michael-avenatti-arrested-again/831527.md?page=2)