Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Nov. 1, 2021
US attorney wants Avenatti to start serving Nike prison sentence
“Moreover, it is in the interest of justice for the defendant to commence serving the term of incarceration that this court imposed for his serious offenses, including defrauding his client,” wrote Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
A U.S. attorney in New York urged a judge Friday to order suspended California attorney Michael Avenatti to begin serving a 30-month prison sentence he received after being convicted of attempting to extort $25 million from Nike.
After sentencing him in July, U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe in New York allowed Avenatti to delay the start of his sentence, since the embattled attorney was expected to be in a California courtroom soon aft...
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