Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who rose to fame for his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her suit against former President Trump, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Thursday for a scheme to extort Nike out of more than $20 million.
The sentencing comes after the lawyer was found guilty in February 2020 of attempted extortion, honest-services fraud and the related use of interstate communications after he tried to “extract more than $20 million in payments” from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity lest it complied with his demands.
Avenatti attempted to extort the company using a claim by his former client Gary Franklin, an amateur basketball coach who retained the lawyer to pursue reforms by Nike. Franklin had claimed Nike was corruptly paying amateur players and their families.
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