Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years for cheating clients out of millions
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#66HAP)
Lawyer known for representing Stormy Daniels also ordered to pay $7m on top of time he is already serving
The incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced in southern California on Monday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $7m in restitution after admitting he cheated four of his clients out of millions of dollars.
The sentence should run consecutively to the five-year prison term he is already serving for separate convictions in New York, the US district judge James V Selna said during a hearing in Santa Ana, California.
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