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News Articles: Michael Avenatti

Stormy Daniels talks with a journalist in Berlin shortly after her lawyer filed a defamation case against Donald Trump on her behalf in October 2018.

Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Donald Trump another $120,000 in legal fees

A federal judge ruled in favor of the former president on Tuesday, ordering adult film star Stormy Daniels to pay another $121,972 in legal fees for a failed defamation suit.

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  • Emily Olson
Stormy Daniels and her attorney Michael Avenatti leave federal court in New York, on April 16, 2018. Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for cheating client Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds.

Avenatti gets 4 years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels out of book proceeds

Michael Avenatti was sentenced for stealing about $300,000 from Daniels, the porn actor who catapulted him to fame as he represented her during her legal battles with then-President Donald Trump.

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  • The Associated Press
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels stands with her lawyer Michael Avenatti during a news conference outside federal court in New York on April 16, 2018. Avenatti was convicted Friday on charges that he cheated Daniels out of nearly $300,000.

Michael Avenatti is convicted of stealing nearly $300,000 from Stormy Daniels

The lawyer was convicted of charges he cheated the porn actor out of money she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former President Donald Trump.

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  • The Associated Press