# Why is Michael Avenatti Doing All This? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876 "2018-05-09T19:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876/161 "2022-06-02T19:51:20Z")
> [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](#): > > The remarkable thing about this case is that all the people involved are lowlifes. sounds like you’re new to criminal law. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876/162 "2022-06-02T20:01:14Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > "Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from his former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Remember when we could point to Italy and laugh at their massive political dysfunction and multitude of scandals involving porn stars and payoffs as something that the United States would never descend into? Ah, those were the days. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876/163 "2022-12-05T23:34:34Z")
[Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from clients](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/michael-avenatti-prison-sentence-client-embezzlement/index.html) “Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $11 million in restitution for embezzling millions of dollars from four of his clients and obstruction.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876/164 "2022-12-05T23:45:40Z")
How do you embezzle from obstruction? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876/165 "2026-04-08T16:40:38Z")
> [@Santos\_L\_Halper](#): > > [clients](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/michael-avenatti-prison-sentence-client-embezzlement/index.html) > > “Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $11 million in restitution for embezzling millions of dollars from four of his clients and obstruction.” 14 years ain’t what it used to be… > **[Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Michael Avenatti Released From Prison, Back in Hollywood](https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/08/michael-avenatti-out-of-prison/)** > > Michael Avenatti -- the blustery lawyer who repped Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against Donald Trump and then went to prison for ripping her and other clients off -- is now a free man. Well, sort of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876.md?page=8)