Avenatti Indicted for Defrauding Stormy Daniels

“Attorney Michael Avenatti has been charged with ripping off porn star Stormy Daniels, the client who made him famous,” the AP reports.

“Federal prosecutors say Avenatti took money Daniels was supposed to get from a book deal.”

Meanwhile, CNBC reports Avenatti was also indicted “on charges of trying to extort athletic shoe giant Nike out of tens of millions of dollars by threatening to go public with embarassing information about the company.”