Michael Avenatti Gets Break From Jail Thanks to Coronavirus
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Famed porn lawyer Michael Avenatti was temporarily released from Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan Friday morning.
The arrest occurred outside the disciplinary hearing in which the State Bar of California has accused the hard-charging, tough-talking attorney of using a doctored document to scam a client out of nearly $840,000, funneling money from a lawsuit settlement fund to his own personal use.
"While the two lawsuits produced no courtroom victory for Avenatti, they did turn him into a celebrity"
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