Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for cheating client Stormy Daniels, the porn actor who catapulted him to fame, of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds.
At trial earlier this year, Avenatti represented himself, cross-examining his former client for hours about their experiences in early 2018, when she signed a book deal that provided an $800,000 payout. Prosecutors said he illegally pocketed about $300,000 of her advance on "Full Disclosure," published in fall 2018.
Daniels was not in court. A lawyer spoke on her behalf, saying it was "truly shocking" that Avenatti tried to portray himself as a champion of his clients during his statement. And he faces a retrial in California on charges that he cheated clients and others of millions of dollars there. But prosecutors in a sentencing submission last week urged that that he should face "substantial" additional time in prison for a wire fraud conviction and criticized his apology letter, saying the 51-year-old failed to apologize for his actual crime.
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