The Epic, Inconceivable, Totally Predictable Fall of Michael Avenatti

stood as one of the 12 jurors who’d been seated for the last two and a half weeks in a cavernous courtroom in the Southern District of New York prepared to read his fate. Avenatti, who rose to prominence nearly two years ago for representing adult film starto keep their alleged affair quiet, crossed himself, and then the verdict was read.

Prosecutors spent the last few weeks painting a different picture. “The defendant hadn’t just crossed the line,” an attorney for the government opened, “he leapt over it with a running start.” This case, he added, was about a shakedown. “This is a case about how the defendant sold out his client all to line his own pockets.” Those pockets, the government argued, were empty.

I wrote it down in my notebook and underlined it. I am sure that he gives a version of these instructions in every case he presides over. And I am sure that in most of those cases, a defendant has told tales that fall apart and lead to their convictions. But it is hard for me to think of someone who wove a more impressive, compelling tale about himself—his past, his present, his future—than Michael Avenatti, only to see it unravel so swiftly, so publicly, so completely.

Predictable? Many of you FakeNews crowd predicted his presidential candidacy. You all should be ashamed when you cash your checks.

Sage line at the end: “Only Trump gets to play by Trump’s rules.”

Hysterical 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Basta Lockedupsta ALongTimesta

emilyjanefox Trying to decide if I care enough to read this.

emilyjanefox I wish he would unbutton his jacket.

emilyjanefox As a lawyer shouldn’t he be smarter instead of greedy?

emilyjanefox He was a 'resistance' darling. Not a leader

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