mr. avenatti allegedly took nearly all that money and used it to pay for his portion of a private jet. a jet, incidentally, that we seized yesterday. reporter: there it is being towed away from a southern california airport. it is lawyer 101. you do not steal your client s money. reporter: one of alleged victims, geoffrey johnson, is a paraplegic. prosecutors say avenatti drained almost all of the $4 million he got in a settlement from l.a. county, giving johnson only money for rent at an assisted living facility. tonight, the man s lawyer saying avenatti s actions have left mr. johnson destitute. avenatti, who is already facing extortion charges in new york, has been characteristically defiant, denying all of the allegations. i will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. thank you. matt gutman with us live tonight outside federal court. and matt, michael avenatti is now facing this second wave of charges tonight. if convicted, what kind of
from dixon correctional institute last wednesday due to a clerical error. he was serving a 40 year sentence for manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm. officials say the error was not discovered until monday, giving johnson a five-day head start. all right nine minutes past the hour. let s get down to business. cnbc s landon dowdy. good morning, betty. tesla hands over the keys to the electric model x surf. the premium version starts at $132,000. has falcon wing rear doors that fold up, seats seven and can go about 250 miles on a single charge. elon musk estimates 25,000 customers have preordered the model x. target will start matching online prices of more than two dozen competitors starting thursday. until now it s only matched prices at its own stores. customer also have 14 days to get a price adjustment and rivals include am zorngs walmart.com, sams club and costco. and twitter is tossing around the idea of ditching the 140 character limit on messages.
auditioning for the highly rated cosby show could open up possibilities. there wasn t a bigger figure in entertainment in the entertainment industry than bill cosby. but she didn t get a role. the audition, she says, ended with a traumatic event. i knew that i had been drugged, and i knew that i had been drugged by bill cosby. it was a secret she kept for decades, fearing repercussions. there is this powerful man in an industry that i would like to be a part of, and i didn t think i had a chance of winning. but that would change as more than a dozen women went public this fall, giving johnson the courage to come forward. tell me about that moment when you said, all right. i m going to do it. i am going to let the secret be