Avenatti Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Nike Extortion

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, who you may remember publicly sparring with then-President Donald Trump, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Thursday.

A jury found he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity.

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