Michael Avenatti sentenced to 2.5 years in prison in Nike extortion case

12:13pm PDT - July 8th, 2021    michael avenatti - Axios

Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who gained notoriety for his representation of Stormy Daniels, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Thursday for trying to extort Nike out of more than $20 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. Why it matters: Avenatti was once…