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USA v. Avenatti

  1. June 12, 2025

    Avenatti Sheds 3 Years After 9th Circ. Orders Resentencing

    A California federal judge on Thursday resentenced disbarred attorney Michael Avenatti to just over 11 years in federal prison for filching millions of dollars from his clients' settlement funds, reducing a 14-year sentence overturned by the Ninth Circuit and leaving Avenatti with about eight years left after time served.

  2. May 19, 2025

    Avenatti Rips 'Draconian' Bid To Add 13 Years To Sentence

    Former high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti asked a California federal judge to reject the government's request to tack on more than 13 years to his prison term, saying such a "draconian" result would conflict with a Ninth Circuit ruling wiping out a previous sentence in the fraud case.

  3. May 07, 2025

    Feds Seek 13 Years In Avenatti's California Resentencing

    California federal prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to sentence Michael Avenatti to 160 months in prison for tax fraud and stealing from clients, to be served atop the five-year term imposed in a pair of New York cases where Avenatti was convicted of trying to extort Nike Inc. and defrauding former client Stormy Daniels.

  4. December 09, 2024

    Avenatti Can't Push Resentencing To June In Client Theft Case

    A California federal judge plans to resentence Michael Avenatti within the next few months rather than June as Avenatti requested, following the Ninth Circuit's decision vacating Avenatti's original 14-year prison term for client theft, remarking Monday he didn't think a hearing was necessary to reevaluate loss calculations and attorney fees. 

  5. June 26, 2023

    Avenatti Creditor Bemoans 'Dumb' Decision To Block Jet Sale

    One creditor locked in a four-way fight for the funds from incarcerated attorney Michael Avenatti's private jet told a California federal judge on Monday that another creditor made the "dumb" decision three years ago to block the jet's sale and should now pay the over $1 million that move likely cost.

  6. June 20, 2023

    Four Parties Vying For Proceeds Of Avenatti Jet Sale

    The funds from the sale of disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti's private jet are the subject of a four-way fight, with each party arguing the claims to the cash by the other three should be limited or rejected, some due to alleged frauds by Avenatti.

  7. April 28, 2023

    Who Flies Away With Avenatti's Plane? Court To Decide

    A California federal judge granted Thursday a request from the federal government to decide who should get the proceeds from a private jet that convicted attorney Michael Avenatti bought with stolen money, including a victim who never received most of her $3 million settlement.

  8. December 05, 2022

    Michael Avenatti Gets Another 14 Years For Client Theft

    Michael Avenatti was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a California federal judge Monday for stealing from four clients — to be served after the five-year federal sentence he's currently serving — and was ordered to hand over approximately $8 million in restitution to his victims and $3 million to the IRS.

  9. October 25, 2022

    Avenatti's Leniency Bid 'Cannot Be Taken Seriously,' Feds Say

    California federal prosecutors have objected to disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti's claims that he should only serve an additional year in prison for stealing from clients, saying the request can't be taken seriously.

  10. October 12, 2022

    Avenatti's Client Theft Merits Additional 17½ Years, Feds Say

    California federal prosecutors have argued that disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti should have at least another 17½ years added to his prison sentence for his scheme to steal from clients.

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