I wish they had video of the conference room of Nike lawyers listening to Avenatti attempt to negotiate and rant at them on speaker phone.
There had to be a moment of “IS SOMEONE LAUGHING?! WHOS LAUGHING!?” amidst Avenatti with supreme confidence using balls as a metaphor in every other sentence.
I guess I don’t see how people should do less time just because they’re really bad at doing crimes. Dude is a total scumbag.
It’s not just that he was bad at doing it, it’s that the task itself was absurd.
Avenatti’s actions weren’t those of someone with a sound mind. Unsound enough to get him off completely? Of course not.
Taking more than 5 years of someone’s life over something that did as much damage as a non-violent failed prank attempt and was committed by a guy clearly messed up in the head is absolutely fucked.
If the guidance treats threatening to say mean things about a Corp to the press the same as threatening to burn down someone’s house, the guidance is wrong and is exactly why judges don’t have to follow it.
But does this leniency ever get applied to non-white collar crimes? If like I try to rob a casino for millions of dollars armed with a squirt gun wearing a hot dog suit, does the judge say “haha, what a goofball, you get the minimum?”
It just seems like another systematic way guys like Avenatti skate by while the rest of us get shafted.
I believe simply being in possession of cheating tools while in a Nevada casino is a felony.
Yes. There was a homeless guy in Indiana who robbed a bank then sat down outside because he preferred prison to homelessness. The Federal judge either dismissed the case or gave him time served I forget which.
Oh sure, when the guy actually wants to go to jail he gets off.
I agree. I don’t think lack of competency should mitigate intent.
The date Jan 6th comes to mind
White collar, white supremacy, same deal.
That’s the kind of guarding I can support.
Meh, that’s pretty fucked up if true (he’s probably bullshitting tho).
So this looks like it’s going well for Avenatti.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1485999943106142213?s=21
Has anything ever gone well for him? He seems to be tripping over his own feet every time I hear anything about him.
Life was pretty sweet for him until all his crimes caught up with him. Looks like this time he forged a check to steal $300,000 from Stormy, just flagrant criming.
Man, I know the last 5 years have been a whirlwind, but wasn’t there a brief “Michael Avenatti is the only person who can beat Donald Trump in the election” moment?
Wild
Yep that was a real thing.
People are easily impressed by anyone that employs the “fuck you that’s why” strategy.