Michael Avenatti arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence

 

FILE PHOTO: Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti leaves federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday on suspicion of domestic violence, a police spokesman said.

 

No further details were immediately available, but police spokesman Jeff Lee said Avenatti was in the process of being formally booked.

No one was available for comment at Avenatti's law office in Newport Beach, south of Los Angeles.

 

Avenatti came to national prominence as the lawyer for Daniels, a porn actress whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, who sued Trump for defamation after he denied her assertion that she had a sexual encounter with him in 2006.

 

That lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge last month. Daniels has filed a separate lawsuit over a $130,000 (£100,068) hush-money agreement stemming from the alleged encounter.

 

Avenatti's clients have included Julie Swetnick, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of aggressive sexual behaviour before his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-15

In today's very special episode of Maury, we present.....

Not sure this passes the "smell test"?

 

Details of the allegations against Avenatti were not immediately disclosed. The alleged victim and relationship to Avenatti was not identified.

 

Some initial media reports described the alleged victim as Avenatti's estranged wife. 

 

https://abc7.com/michael-avenatti-arrested-for-domestic-violence-in-la/4689491/

 

Amazed it took this long for a "Franken"?

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by metisdead
Edited as per fair use policy.

36 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

  

Amazed it took this long for a "Franken"?

 

 

You may remember it was the Democrats who threw Franken on the #METOO, no due process scrap heap.

 

Anyway, here's a bit more news:

 

http://www.tmz.com/2018/11/14/michael-avenatti-arrested-domestic-violence-stormy-daniels-attorney/

The creepy porn lawyer who claimed he would bring down the POTUS!

Basta = enough !

33 minutes ago, riclag said:

The creepy porn lawyer who claimed he would bring down the POTUS!

Basta = enough !

The games not over yet.

 

 

1 hour ago, lannarebirth said:

 

You may remember it was the Democrats who threw Franken on the #METOO, no due process scrap heap.

 

Anyway, here's a bit more news:

 

http://www.tmz.com/2018/11/14/michael-avenatti-arrested-domestic-violence-stormy-daniels-attorney/

TMZ is a mouthpiece for Trump.   Interesting that they have the inside track on this.

The deranged left  at one time considered him their hero!

"The alleged domestic violence incident could dash Avenatti's prospects as a potential insurgent Democratic candidate and clash with the image he has presented of himself as an advocate for women, including Daniels in her clash with Trump and an accuser against recently confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The Vermont Democratic Party canceled Avenatti's appearances for Friday and Saturday following his arrest, and it will refund all ticket sales, said Christopher Di Mezzo, the party's communications director.

The decision to cancel the events was made "almost immediately after the news broke," he said".

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/14/politics/michael-avenatti-arrest/index.html

 

Basta = enough!

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by riclag

1 minute ago, Credo said:

TMZ is a mouthpiece for Trump.   Interesting that they have the inside track on this.

Is it?  I thought it was a trashy Hollywood tabloid.

 

2 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

Is it?  I thought it was a trashy Hollywood tabloid.

 

Anyway, here's the LA Times report:

 

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-avenatti-police-20181114-story.html

As much as I want to giggle, I will stifle it and would point out that he is entitled to the presumption of innocence which he so happily denied that others in the same boat are entitled to.

10 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

As much as I want to giggle, I will stifle it and would point out that he is entitled to the presumption of innocence which he so happily denied that others in the same boat are entitled to.

Just the allegation of  a domestic attack on a women has  what appears, dashed his  hopes of running as a dem candidate for POTUS!

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/14/politics/michael-avenatti-arrest/index.html

Basta=enough

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by riclag

I wouldn't jump to conclusions.  This smells like a set up ala Gary Hart.

https://www.westword.com/news/gary-hart-was-set-up-for-sex-scandal-new-report-says-10908897

 

Avenatti is a very smart lawyer.  Doubtful he would strike or assault a woman.  He's claiming she assaulted him first, and his ex-wife says domestic violence is completely out of character.

https://heavy.com/news/2018/11/christine-carlin-avenatti-ex-wife-tweet-twitter/

 

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

Personally, I'd go with the "Trump Defense", which has successfully deflected ~ 22 individual accusations of sexual assault or sexual harassment.

 

In the case of the first Mrs. Trump (Ivana), she swore in an affidavit that her husband raped her so that one took a dump truck worth of cash to quash.

 

The 22 women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/women-accused-trump-sexual-misconduct-list-2017-12

 

 

 

A Tu Quoque defense??

 

31 minutes ago, zaphod reborn said:

I wouldn't jump to conclusions.  This smells like a set up ala Gary Hart.

https://www.westword.com/news/gary-hart-was-set-up-for-sex-scandal-new-report-says-10908897

 

Avenatti is a very smart lawyer.  Doubtful he would strike or assault a woman.  He's claiming she assaulted him first, and his ex-wife says domestic violence is completely out of character.

https://heavy.com/news/2018/11/christine-carlin-avenatti-ex-wife-tweet-twitter/

 

So the presumption of innocence? OK I agree with you. Did you give the same presumption to Justice Kavanaugh? Just asking, Ive not looked.

 

PS, if he was "very smart", we wouldnt be getting his ass handed to him by various Courts over his business dealings. Unless one considers "smart" the ability to temporarily beat ones creditors...ala Donald Trump. He must be smart too, maybe even smarter ????

2 hours ago, zaphod reborn said:

I wouldn't jump to conclusions.  This smells like a set up ala Gary Hart.

https://www.westword.com/news/gary-hart-was-set-up-for-sex-scandal-new-report-says-10908897

 

Avenatti is a very smart lawyer.  Doubtful he would strike or assault a woman.  He's claiming she assaulted him first, and his ex-wife says domestic violence is completely out of character.

https://heavy.com/news/2018/11/christine-carlin-avenatti-ex-wife-tweet-twitter/

 

Whilst many on the Left tell us we have to "believe women" regardless of evidence, I agree with you (in part) and will not condemn him without evidence.

1 hour ago, DoctorG said:

Whilst many on the Left tell us we have to "believe women" regardless of evidence, I agree with you (in part) and will not condemn him without evidence.

Why is it about left and right.... is it your assertion that the left has a better moral compass, or something?

 

surely the position should be that all allegations need proper consideration, vs blind acceptance or denial.

 

with regards Avenatti... ( @Nyezhov) hopefully he will be subject to a full and proper investigation, vs what (investigation) was permitted re kavanaugh.... I expect this to happen... surely we should all expect this to happen.

 

4 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

 

PS, if he was "very smart", we wouldnt be getting his ass handed to him by various Courts over his business dealings. Unless one considers "smart" the ability to temporarily beat ones creditors...ala Donald Trump. He must be smart too, maybe even smarter ????

Can you provide a link to your assertions?

4 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

A Tu Quoque defense??

 

So the presumption of innocence? OK I agree with you. Did you give the same presumption to Justice Kavanaugh? Just asking, Ive not looked.

 

PS, if he was "very smart", we wouldnt be getting his ass handed to him by various Courts over his business dealings. Unless one considers "smart" the ability to temporarily beat ones creditors...ala Donald Trump. He must be smart too, maybe even smarter ????

With regard to Kavanaugh, I didn't think the sex allegations could be proven to the extent that his nomination should fail.  However, he displayed completely improper temperment, reckless disregard for the truth about his high school and university days, and was unduly partisan with questionable adherance to stare decisis (I worry about his opinion on the right of privacy under the Constitution which has a 50 year history of being followed).

 

With regard to Avennati, as I am an attorney and have worked through multiple partnership dissolutions which are messier than divorces,  I am quite familar how these things work out in court.  From my understanding, Avennati's firm hired a tax service that failed to turn over his tax payment, and he ended up paying $1.5 million to the IRS, and then owing $2 million to one of his partners.  I don't think this impugns his intelligence that it ended up in court, and it didn't go his way.

 

Trump and his cohorts (the Enquirer and TMZ) began targeting rich donors for sex harassment/assault claims after Trump began defending such allegations in 2016.  I wouldn't put it past Trump's boys to set up Avennati.  I'm just not going to jump to conclusions until LAPD issues its investigative report.  LAPD has become one of the best in these investigations due to the large number of high-profile complaints involving celebrities.

10 minutes ago, farcanell said:

Why is it about left and right.... is it your assertion that the left has a better moral compass, or something?

Well it has been mostly Democrats with the signs and bullhorns has it not? They do not have a better moral compass, quite the opposite really, but I give them credit, they sure are loud and the bullying is effective.

Look at all the posters on here who were eager to condemn Kavanaugh but I am happy to wait for evidence on Avenatti before stringing him up.

Couldn't post, then double post. sorry, don't know how to completely delete

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by DoctorG

7 hours ago, Credo said:

TMZ is a mouthpiece for Trump.   Interesting that they have the inside track on this.

TMZ is a mouthpiece for Trump, how funny...kook!

42 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

Well it has been mostly Democrats with the signs and bullhorns has it not? They do not have a better moral compass, quite the opposite really, but I give them credit, they sure are loud and the bullying is effective.

Look at all the posters on here who were eager to condemn Kavanaugh but I am happy to wait for evidence on Avenatti before stringing him up.

 

Statistically, some demographic groups are much more likely to deny that sexism is a significant problem, and this sentiment is most strongly embraced by younger men (18-29 years old), right-wing conservatives, and those heavily trusting in, and reliant on right-wing media outlets, including Fox News, Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, Drudge Report, and InfoWars.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/02/05/the-limits-of-metoo-sectionalism-economism-and-identity-politics-on-the-left/

 

ah... I see your point, so I had a quick look at the why of it.... this article has a few insights and explainations.

1 hour ago, farcanell said:

Can you provide a link to your assertions?

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-avenatti-bankruptcy-20180711-story.html

59 minutes ago, zaphod reborn said:

With regard to Kavanaugh, I didn't think the sex allegations could be proven to the extent that his nomination should fail. 

Thanks, . the rest of your statement raises off topic matters

 

1 hour ago, zaphod reborn said:

With regard to Avennati, as I am an attorney and have worked through multiple partnership dissolutions which are messier than divorces,  I am quite familar how these things work out in court.  From my understanding, Avennati's firm hired a tax service that failed to turn over his tax payment, and he ended up paying $1.5 million to the IRS, and then owing $2 million to one of his partners.  I don't think this impugns his intelligence that it ended up in court, and it didn't go his way.

Me too. Ive done those too. Isnt it true that an equally plausible alternative to you statement is fraud? Ever see that in a dissolution? How about his coffee shop gig with the actor? Based on what you know and have read, if you were represnting the plaintiff against him, wouldnt you allege fraud?

 

1 hour ago, zaphod reborn said:

 

Trump and his cohorts (the Enquirer and TMZ) began targeting rich donors for sex harassment/assault claims after Trump began defending such allegations in 2016.  I wouldn't put it past Trump's boys to set up Avennati.  I'm just not going to jump to conclusions until LAPD issues its investigative report.  LAPD has become one of the best in these investigations due to the large number of high-profile complaints involving celebrities.

Seems like a simple he said she said. By the way, arent those allegations against the President you just set forth felonies? Got some support for those allegations.  

 

3 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Thanks, . the rest of your statement raises off topic matters

 

Me too. Ive done those too. Isnt it true that an equally plausible alternative to you statement is fraud? Ever see that in a dissolution? How about his coffee shop gig with the actor? Based on what you know and have read, if you were represnting the plaintiff against him, wouldnt you allege fraud?

 

Seems like a simple he said she said. By the way, arent those allegations against the President you just set forth felonies? Got some support for those allegations.  

 

You tire me Russian bot.

Thrown under the bus by the Dems. 

24 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-avenatti-bankruptcy-20180711-story.html

So... hardly handed his ass by various courts, but rather, one court... a bankruptcy court, whereby he supports the judges determination, and is not hiding behind a chapter eleven “get out of jail free card”, but is rather working with his creditors to repay debts, unlike a certain president who springs to mind

 

5 minutes ago, farcanell said:

So... hardly handed his ass by various courts, but rather, one court... a bankruptcy court, whereby he supports the judges determination, and is not hiding behind a chapter eleven “get out of jail free card”, but is rather working with his creditors to repay debts, unlike a certain president who springs to mind

 

OK you win, hes a paragon of virtue.....????✌

2 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Well it has been mostly Democrats with the signs and bullhorns has it not? They do not have a better moral compass, quite the opposite really, but I give them credit, they sure are loud and the bullying is effective.

Look at all the posters on here who were eager to condemn Kavanaugh but I am happy to wait for evidence on Avenatti before stringing him up.

You are missing the point.  The vast majority of posters who are fed up with Trump and the GOP were eager to see a proper investigation into Judge K- the same as you are suggesting for Avenatti.  I'm yet to see a dem suppoter here suggest Avenatti should not be investigated fully.

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by Slip
removed uncivil adverb.

32 minutes ago, Slip said:

You are missing the point.  The vast majority of posters who are fed up with Trump and the GOP were eager to see a proper investigation into Judge K- the same as you are suggesting for Avenatti.  I'm yet to see a dem suppoter here suggest Avenatti should not be investigated fully.

He has been "investigated" fully. The police believe they had probable cause to believe he committed a crime.

 

So the issue is now whether the prosecutor can overcome his presumption of innocence and prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

 

Have you read the Grassley report by the way?