DailyCaller: A paraplegic former client of Michael Avenatti is suing the attorney for allegedly siphoning off the “vast majority” of a $4 million settlement awarded to the client.
The lawsuit is the latest blow to Avenatti, who rose to fame as the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels and was once considered a possible Democratic presidential candidate.
The former client, Geoffrey Johnson, received a $4 million settlement in early 2015 after suing Los Angeles County for alleged abuse from guards and inmates while he was held in jail, the lawsuit states. Johnson had been improperly arrested as a result of mental health issues, according to his attorneys.
The complaint names Avenatti, his law firm and his former colleagues as defendants. Avenatti is already facing criminal charges for the accusations listed in Johnson’s suit.
For years after receiving the settlement on Johnson’s behalf, Avenatti led Johnson to believe that the county hadn’t yet paid the settlement and would only pay it out over a period of years, according to the lawsuit. Avenatti allegedly paid Johnson a $1,900 monthly “advance” on the settlement.
“In approximately February 2019, Johnson asked Avenatti again about the status of the special needs trust and settlement payment. Avenatti falsely told him that Los Angeles County had not yet begun releasing the settlement funds,” the lawsuit states. read more
“The lawsuit is the latest blow to Avenatti, who rose to fame as the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels and was once considered a possible Democratic presidential candidate.”
A lesson to be learned from this:
If you don’t want the rug pulled out from under you, don’t stand on rugs.
How much did the looney Dems donate to his cause of ‘taking Trump down’.
LMAO
Avenatti: “the allegations are categorically false and frivolous!
Besides, whut’s he gonna do, run after me?”
It sucks to be YOU Mikey. You’ve turned yerself into a lightning rod for anyone that ever had anything to do with you… and rightfully so! I hope they drain you dry!
…no matter what physical handicap his former client has, ain’t no way he’s more lame than Avenazi is…
This is what the Democrats and their media LAUDED as the PERFECT (yes, I’m yelling!) presidential candidate to take down POTUS Trump??
If I had a blog I would run at least one story a day about Avenati and his growing list of felonies and that the D’s were all-in on this guy.
(BTW: There have been over 100,000 requests for tickets to POTUS Trump’s reelection announcement rally in FL. There’s going to be an all-day tail-gater at Amway arena before the speech with live music, food trucks, jumbotrons, etc. for the overflow crowd.)
Avenatti is going to be going away for a long time. Of course it will probably be club fed and not rikers island solitary that Manafort is being tortured with.
He is a typical Democrat. He just happened to get caught ripping off the wrong people.
I fully expect he’ll get a walk.
Pukes look out for each other.