Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Nov. 4, 2021
Avenatti can delay start of New York prison term, judge says
U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe said Avenatti could begin serving his sentence in February 2022, once a trial in Orange County is completed.
Rejecting a request from prosecutors on Wednesday, a federal judge in New York allowed suspended California attorney Michael Avenatti to again delay the start of a 30-month prison sentence he received for attempting to extort $25 million from Nike Inc.
U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe said Avenatti could begin serving his sentence in February 2022, once a trial in Orange County is completed. But Avenatti faces a third trial in 2022 bac...
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