Avenatti Ordered To Pay $260K In Nike’s Legal Fees

The New York Daily News reports:

Disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers who represented Nike when he tried to extort $25 million from the sportswear giant, a judge ruled Monday.

Manhattan Federal Court Judge Paul Gardephe ordered Avenatti to pay $259,800 to Nike in restitution ― about a third of the $856,162 in attorneys’ fees the company requested.

The judgment comes a week after Gardephe denied Avenatti’s motion for a new trial in the case, and less than two weeks after Avenatti was convicted of stealing $300,000 from Stormy Daniels.

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Michael Avenatti must pay $260,000 to lawyers who represented Nike when he tried to extort $25 million from the sportswear giant, a judge ruled.https://t.co/rd9h9VjF8I

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