Michael Avenatti asks 2nd Circuit to dump conviction for cheating Stormy Daniels
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Court reviews Avenatti appeal of Stormy Daniels fraud conviction
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A federal appeals court on Friday considered whether to overturn disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti's conviction and four-year prison sentence for defrauding his best known client, the porn actress Stormy Daniels. During oral arguments, a panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan expressed sympathy with arguments by Avenatti's lawyer and a federal prosecutor as to whether the trial judge improperly pushed jurors to find Avenatti guilty. Avenatti was convicted in February 2022 of wire fraud and identity theft over an alleged scheme to steal nearly $300,000 in book contract proceeds from Daniels, and forging her signature on a letter to her literary agent.