Criminal
Oct. 13, 2022
DOJ seeks 17 years in prison for Avenatti, he suggests 3
He “should be sentenced based on his life as a whole across the last 51 years, not his notoriety; the desire of the government and others to make an example out of him; unbridled vindictiveness; and/or what those in the media, or on social media, may say after his sentencing,” suspended attorney Michael J. Avenatti wrote in a memorandum the judge rejected as too lengthy.
Federal prosecutors want Michael J. Avenatti sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud against his clients and tax fraud against the IRS. But the suspended attorney said the sentence should reflect his whole life, not just his notoriety, and three years in prison plus three years of supervised release would be sufficient punishment.
“The defendant, a now-suspended plaintiff’s attorney, stole from his c...
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