officials: Avenatti was arrested overnight in Manhattan, law enforcement officials tell CNN. He appeared in court today and was ordered to be released on a US 300,000 bond, according to Nine News Australia. The criminal complaint unsealed in the New York case describes a rapid investigation that unfolded over the course of just the past six days, beginning March 19, and portrays Avenatti as the brash persona likely familiar to the public from his former representation of adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. To improve your experience update it US lawyer Michael Avenatti accused of attempted 28m Nike extortion By CNN10 54am Mar 26, 2019Facebook Tweet MailUS prosecutors in Manhattan and Los Angeles have charged attorney Michael Avenatti nearly simultaneously in two criminal cases Monday, unsealing complaints that alleged he attempted to extort more than US 20 million A 28 million from Nike and that he committed wire and bank fraud. According to the complaint, Avenatti met March 19 with attorneys for Nike and threatened to release what he said were allegations of misconduct by employees on the eve of both its quarterly earnings call and the start of the NCAA tournament. Avenatti also allegedly demanded that Nike pay US 1.5 million to an individual he claimed to represent. Avenatti would disclose the allegations at a press conference, he said, according to the complaint, unless Nike made millions in payments to him and an unnamed co-conspirator by hiring them to conduct an internal investigation, for which he later requested between US 15 million and US 20 million.
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