Avenatti charged with attempting to extort millions from Nike, and also charged with wire and bank fraud in separate case
The high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti was charged with trying to extort more than $20m from the sports company Nike.
Avenatti, the former lawyer for Stormy Daniels and a prominent critic of Donald Trump, threatened to release damaging information about Nike unless it paid him off, according to a criminal complaint filed by federal authorities in New York.
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