Avenatti Found Guilty Of Stealing From Stormy Daniels

The New York Times reports:

After deliberations that stretched across three days and at one point appeared to reach an impasse, jurors convicted Mr. Avenatti of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, agreeing with accusations that he used a bogus letter to trick Ms. Daniels’s literary agent into sending him almost $300,000 in publisher’s payments meant for her.

During the trial prosecutors presented evidence that Mr. Avenatti had emailed a letter bearing what purported to be Ms. Daniels’s signature to her literary agency, Janklow & Nesbit Associates, directing that payments from St. Martin’s be sent to a bank account controlled by Mr. Avenatti.

Prosecutors said Mr. Avenatti spent that money on his law firm’s payroll, plane tickets, restaurants and a monthly lease payment of about $3,900 for a Ferrari.

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