Former Media Darling and ‘Creepy Porn Lawyer’ Michael Avenatti Gets Four More Years in Prison – Opinion

Already imprisoned lawyer and CNN fave Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four more years in prison for cheating adult film “star” Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties. Avenatti was ordered to forfeit $297,000.

The California lawyer, who was already serving two-and-a-half years for trying to extort $22.5 million from Nike, learned his fate in Manhattan federal court, where the judge called his behavior “craven and egregious” and accused him of giving in to “blind ambition.”

Prior to the sentence being announced, Avenatti, wearing his prison uniform after a judge denied his request to wear a suit, choked up several times as he said he had “disappointed scores of people and failed in a cataclysmic way.” Yes. Yes, you did, Michael.

Remember when CNN was pitching him as a presidential candidate?https://t.co/jdz7kBwAgV

— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) June 2, 2022

Avenatti earned his widely-used moniker “creepy porn lawyer” because he was foolish enough to go head to head with Tucker Carlson in 2018, at the height of Avenatti’s fame. The two tangled, with Avenatti attempting to scorch Carlson with this one: ”How do you have a show and you’re this ignorant?“ Tucker meanwhile pretty much sliced and diced him, and amusingly called him a creepy porn lawyer, a label that has stuck.

In February, Avenatti was convicted of stealing $300,000 of the $800,000 advance that Daniels was paid for her tell-all book, “Full Disclosure,” in which she makes claims about her supposed affair with Donald Trump before he became president. It is amazing that anyone would pay $800,000 for a pornography artist to discuss her sexual life.

He represented himself in the trial, even surreally questioning his former client Stormy Daniels about her belief in the supernatural in an effort to discredit her. The facts weren’t on his side though. The New York Times reports on how he used her advance.

He spent them (the payments) on his law firm’s payroll, plane tickets, restaurants and a monthly lease of about $3,900 for a Ferrari, prosecutors said. Ms. Daniels received only half of what Mr. Avenatti had sent, but prosecutors claimed that she did not receive the remaining money.

Are you willing to pay $3,900 per Month? Now I know why I don’t have a Ferrari.

Avenatti’s rise to fame began when he agreed to represent the aforementioned Stormy Daniels in her suit against Trump. He quickly seized on this fame and started appearing on liberal cable news channels to mock Trump, and to even entertain the possibility of a presidential run. Although it was gross and obvious hoaxer behavior, the mainstream media took the whole thing seriously. Brian Stelter will broadcast his appearances on CNN more than 108 times. Never get his reputation back (and doesn’t deserve to) for airing fawning moments like this one:

CNN’s Brian Stelter last year on Michael Avenatti running for president: “And looking ahead to 2020, one reason I’m taking you seriously as a contender is because of your presence on cable news.” pic.twitter.com/2Wn2bX17kx

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 22, 2019

Even though he tried, he failed spectacularly to do a dunk on RedState’s Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar.

To everyone who is blocked @MichaelAvenattiHere is what I tweeted previously. Evidently, he didn’t block me before going to prison. pic.twitter.com/vzRP8e3lm8

— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) July 8, 2021

This story gives us satisfaction in a few ways. We get the rare opportunity to witness an obvious lying person get his due. We still haven’t gotten that satisfaction in so many other Trump-era scandals though—corrupt FBI agent Peter Strzock is still enjoying freedom and mouthing off, the 51 intelligence officers who lied about Hunter Biden’s laptop faced no consequences, and lyin’ James Comey is probably negotiating another inflated book deal.

What the whole sordid episode shows is just how corrupt our media has become, and how far they and the Deep State were willing to go to bring down a president they didn’t like. Anyone with eyeballs knew right away that Avenatti was a charlatan, but our “journalists” tried to sell him as a hero.

They need to feel ashamed.