2018-19 春 Week 1 Assignment 1.mp4 Michael Avenatti 1____________(7)____________ on both sides of the country. He is the lawyer who represented adult film actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Trump 2____________(5)____________ of singer R. Kelly. Now Avenatti is accused of trying to shake down Nike for millions. Here's Jericka Duncan. Shortly after posting a $300,000 bond, Michael Avenatii addressed the media. I am highly confident that when all of the evidence is laid bare in connection with these cases, when it is all known, when due process occurs, that I will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. Thank you. Michael Avenatti went from (a) controversial media-savvy attorney to an accused extortionist 3____________(6)____________. This afternoon, federal prosecutors said Avenatti tried to extort more than $20 million from Nike last week. He allegedly threatened to go public with accusations from an amateur basketball coach, claiming the apparel company 4____________(4)____________ illegal recruitment scheme. Avenatti allegedly demanded $1.5 million for the coach and as much as $25 million for him and his co-conspirator. CBS News has learned the co-conspirator is Attorney Mark Geragos, known for representing clients like Michael Jackson and, most recently, Jussie Smollett. U.S. Attorney Jeff Berman. Avenatti's conduct had nothing to do with zealous advocacy for a client or any other kind of legitimate legal work. The complaint 5____________(7)____________. Avenatti allegedly threatened Nike, saying, "I'm not f***ing around with this, and I am not continuing to play games. You guys know enough now to know you've got a serious problem. And it's worth more in exposure to me to just blow the lid on this thing." CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman says 6____________(7)____________. Michael Avenatti certainly had a right to try to 7____________(8)____________. That's what lawyers do. But he certainly didn't have a right to be looking for money for himself. 8____________(7)____________ the same time, federal law enforcement officials in California announced Avenatti had been allegedly defrauding a Mississippi bank out of a total of $4.1 million and embezzling $1.6 million that he owed one of his clients. Federal prosecutors in California and New York say 9____________(4)____________ was purposely coordinated. For its part, Jeff, Nike 10____________(3)____________, saying it firmly believes in ethical(ethics?) in... both in business and sports, and will continue to assist the prosecutors. Michael Avenatti was actually here in New York. You are supposed to talk to him about a different story tomorrow. (-Separate story.) You probably won't see that unless he wants to talk about this. Absolutely. We wanna talk about this first. We'll get to the other stuff later. Thanks, Jericka.