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US Sentences Avenatti to 2.5 Years in Prison for Extortion Threats to Nike - Justice Dept. Fri 09th July 2021 | 01:10 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th July, 2021) A Federal judge has sentenced New York City lawyer Michael Avenatti to two and a half years in prison for trying to extort more than $20 million out of the Nike Company and for defrauding his own client, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday. Audrey Strauss, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Michael Avenatti was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge Paul Gardephe to 30 months in prison for attempting to extort Nike and for defrauding a client, the Justice Department said in a press release.