Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti gained fame for representing adult actress Stormy Daniels in legal battles against former US president Donald Trump - and at one stage was being mooted for a White House run himself.
US lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn actor Stormy Daniels during her legal battles with Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
He was also ordered to pay more than $10m in restitution. The prison sentence will run consecutively to the five years he is currently serving for stealing book proceeds from Daniels and for trying to extort Nike into paying him up to $25m .It is the last of three major federal criminal cases to wrap up against the 51-year-old Californian, who became one of the former president's leading adversaries.
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