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Jan. 15, 2020
Avenatti didn’t pay settlement money, client tells bar judge
Though it was Michael J. Avenatti's State Bar hearing, it was his former client's credibility that was front and center during deliberations Tuesday.
Michael Avenatti speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan. (New York Times News Service)
Though it was Michael J. Avenatti's State Bar hearing, it was his former client's credibility that was front and center during deliberations Tuesday.
Picking up where he left off following a continued Dec. 18 hearing, Gregory A. Barela once again took the stand to testify about allegations of fraud he's made against Avenatti, who was his counsel in a case ending in a confidential settlement in January 2018.
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