Criminal
Oct. 27, 2022
Avenatti calls 18-year prison recommendation ''vindictive, personal'
In his response to the government’s opposition to his sentencing memorandum, in which he wrote that three years in prison and three years of supervised release was a fair punishment for his crimes, the convicted attorney argued that 18 years behind bars is inconsistent with the law.
Beginning with a quote from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, suspended attorney Michael J. Avenatti declared in a court filing that federal prosecutors’ request for him to spend almost two decades in prison for defrauding his clients and the IRS of millions of dollars “is unreasonable, vindictive, and, unfortunately, personal.”
Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of tax fraud on June 16 after faili...
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