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At fraud trial, Avenatti asks Stormy Daniels about ghosts

Michael Avenatti sought to portray his former client Stormy Daniels as someone who might be delusional — or at least someone who believes in ghosts — at his fraud trial on Friday

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‘How do you speak to the dead?’ Stormy Daniels quizzed by Michael Avenatti over her paranormal powers

‘So you’re making it up?’ Avenatti probes his former client about poltergeists and talking dolls on day two of her testimony

The Independent UK

Stormy Daniels calls Avenatti ‘entitled’ at trial as he quizzes her on prison rape comments and talking to the dead

The much anticipated courtroom showdown between Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti saw the porn star fire off at least one deadpan barb at her former attorney.

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Haunted dolls and missing checks: How Stormy Daniels and Avenatti’s anti-Trump alliance came crashing down

Michael Avenatti has been found guilty of defrauding Stormy Daniels, the unravelling of his relationship with his former client helping to complete a spectacular fall from grace, writes Bevan Hurley

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Psychic dolls and missing checks: How Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti’s anti-Trump alliance came crashing down in court

Celebrated for taking on Donald Trump, the unlikely partnership between a swaggering LA attorney and an adult film star ultimately unravelled, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

Stormy Daniels testifies at her ex-lawyer Michael Avenatti’s NYC fraud trial

NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels was in Manhattan federal court Thursday to square off with Michael Avenatti, her former lawyer and onetime ally who the feds charge scammed her out of $300,000 as she made him famous.

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Stormy Daniels says former attorney Michael Avenatti ‘stole from me and lied to me’

Lawyer accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from adult film star

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Stormy Daniels and Avenatti meet again, as adversaries

Stormy Daniels has taken her star turn on the witness stand at California lawyer Michael Avenatti's trial, telling a jury he stole from her and lied to her

The Independent UK

Stormy Daniels news – Michael Avenatti begins cross-examination of porn star in his own fraud trial

Stormy Daniels testified today in a Manhattan court against her former lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is alleged to have swindled her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mr Avenatti has said he will question her for “six hours”, but the judge seemed unimpressed by the suggestion.

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Lawyer: Avenatti said he'd represent porn star for a dollar

A California lawyer says Michael Avenatti jumped at the chance to represent porn star Stormy Daniels in 2018, saying he'd do it for a dollar

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Stormy Daniels: Michael Avenatti prosecutors try to block ‘irrelevant’ questions about Trump case

Prosecutors are seeking to block Avenatti from creating a ‘distracting sideshow’ when he cross-examines former client Stormy Daniels

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Avenatti trial: Stormy Daniels seeks to block ‘irrelevant’ questions as former lawyer drops defence team

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Michael Avenatti ditches attorneys, says he will represent himself at trial for stealing from porn star Stormy Daniels

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti dumped his defense team on the second day of trial Tuesday, meaning the litigator will directly question the former client he’s accused of scamming: porn star Stormy Daniels.

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Michael Avenatti, accused of fraud by Stormy Daniels, to represent himself

Judge grants Avenatti’s request after ‘breakdown’ with lawyers about trial strategy

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Michael Avenatti to cross-examine Stormy Daniels at his own trial after ditching legal team

‘There has been a breakdown in the relationship between me and my counsel that speaks to the heart of my ability to mount a defense’

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Avenatti asks to represent himself against Stormy Daniels

Michael Avenatti has tried to interrupt his trial over whether he stole money from porn star Stormy Daniels to ask to represent himself

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Avenatti was ‘desperate for money’ when he swiped $300,000 from porn star Stormy Daniels, prosecutors tell jury

NEW YORK — Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was so strapped for cash in 2018 that he stole from the client who put him on the map: porn star Stormy Daniels, federal prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Monday.

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Michael Avenatti was ‘desperate for money’ when he swiped $300,000 from porn star Stormy Daniels, prosecutors say as trial begins

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The Independent UK

Avenatti cast as thief and generous lawyer at criminal trial

A prosecutor has told a jury in an opening statement that California lawyer Michael Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels while a defense lawyer says it's not true

The Guardian - US

White House says Biden ‘refining plans for all scenarios’ over Ukraine-Russia – as it happened

President to hold video call with European leaders over escalating crisis – follow all the day’s politics news

The Independent UK

Avenatti knocks ex-Trump lawyer Cohen with crude remark at his own fraud trial

Cohen, who has admitted sending ‘hush money’ to Stormy Daniels, turned on his former boss in time to provide evidence in his first impeachment trial

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US and UK withdraw families from Ukraine embassies

Dependents of staffers have been told to leave Kyiv amid growing tensions over Russia’s military buildup. Plus, Jason Bateman on his lost decade

The Independent UK

Anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti’s feud with Stormy Daniels goes to trial: What happened?

Prosecutors to attempt to convict lawyer of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in his third criminal trial in two years

The Independent UK

Once allies, Stormy Daniels and Avenatti face off at trial

The porn star who catapulted Michael Avenatti to fame four years ago will get a starring role in a New York courtroom when prosecutors try to prove the California lawyer cheated her of $300,000 in book proceeds

The Independent UK

Jury selection proceeds for Avenatti-Stormy Daniels trial

Michael Avenatti, the once high-profile California attorney who regularly taunted then-President Donald Trump, was introduced to prospective jurors who will decide whether he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars

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