Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Aug. 13, 2021
Avenatti ex-client: He didn’t say her money was used for his bankruptcy
Michelle Phan was the last of the five clients to testify in the trial. All of them told similar stories of being kept in the dark for months or years about the whereabouts of their money.
SANTA ANA -- A YouTube star broke down in tears Thursday as she told a jury that disgraced attorney Michael J. Avenatti stole $4 million from a deal he negotiated for her to part from a company she helped found.
"I was absolutely devastated, because the defendant was someone I believed to be trustworthy, who upheld the law, who's supposed to protect me," Michelle Phan, a beauty influencer, said. "And the fact that he took my money like that...
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