“Justice was served, but we have a long way to go.
Sentencing was set for May 24, and Daniels told “Inside Edition” that Avenatti “can bet on” her attendance.
“Whether you think it’s kooky to believe in the paranormal, whether you think it’s weird, she can believe whatever she wants and still be stolen from by the defendant and still deserve not to,” Assistant U.S.
Text messages, prosecutors said, showed that Avenatti repeatedly lied to Daniels in 2018 when she pressed him on when she would get a large installment she was owed on the book deal.
In addition to the sentence he must still serve for trying to extort up to $25 million from sportswear giant Nike, he awaits retrial in Los Angeles on charges he ripped off clients and others for millions of dollars.