Mike Avenatti sentenced to 30 months for trying to extort $20m from Nike

Mike Avenatti, the "pugnacious" lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels and was posed by media as a potential Democratic Party presidential candidate, was today sentenced to 30 months in jail after trying to extort $20m from Nike.

Avenatti was convicted in February 2020 on charges of extortion, transmission of interstate communications with intent to extort, and wire fraud, but his sentencing was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. — Read the rest