Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer, convicted felon Michael Avenatti, on Tuesday accused the porn actress of “falsifying business records, wire fraud, and fraud” to defraud former President Donald Trump of money the porn actress allegedly received from a documentary. He was accused of sending money.
Mr. Avenatti’s shocking statement came as his former client took the stand against Mr. Trump in a business records trial on Tuesday. In the case, Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, the same charges that Avenatti is accusing Daniels of. .
Here is my statement regarding Stormy Daniels’ testimony. Will Prosecutor Bragg charge her with falsifying business records, fraud, etc.? pic.twitter.com/ELPNzfMsIC
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 7, 2024
He claimed that he was contacted in June 2023 by a producer named Sarah Gibson about participating in a documentary about Daniels. IMBD list 2024 Documentary Director storm She played the role of Sarah Gibson in Peacock.
“I was particularly interested in whether this project would be just and fair, or whether it would shine a positive light on Daniels while ignoring the facts and smearing me and Donald Trump.” Was it a prank intended? If the latter, I wanted nothing to do with the project,” he wrote near the beginning of his statement.
Attorney Michael Avenatti represents alleged victim R. Kelly after he entered not guilty pleas to all 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse on Monday morning, February 25th. told reporters at Layton Criminal Court in Chicago. 2019. (Ashley Regin/Chicago Sun-Times, via AP)
Mr. Avenatti said his first question to Mr. Gibson was whether Mr. Daniels was being paid, and if so, he did not want to participate because it appeared to be “one-sided.” he added.
The incarcerated lawyer declared The defendant, who was convicted of stealing millions of dollars from customers and will be sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2022, says Gibson owes a large amount of money to Trump for the sentence Daniels was on trial for. The indictment alleges that Daniels admitted to a plan in which he was secretly paid for his appearance in the documentary. collect:
Ms. Gibson told me that although Mr. Daniels had been paid a fee to appear in the documentary, Ms. Daniels and Ms. Gibson had been forced to do so because Mr. Trump owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in judgments that President Trump was trying to collect from Ms. Daniels. He said they had made a plan. That would allow them to secretly pay Mr. Daniels while withholding payments from Mr. Trump and his lawyers.
Avenatti further alleged that Gibson “fictitiously ‘optioned’ the rights to Daniels’ books and then funneled the money Daniels requested through a fabricated ‘trust’ established in the name of Daniels’ daughter.” “It was all to hide it,” he said. They can take money from Trump and avoid paying the judgment. ”
Avenatti said Gibson “admitted” to engaging in “multiple overt criminal acts” during the conversation.
The woman, whom she had never met or spoken to before, accused Daniels, her, and others of engaging in multiple outright criminal acts (state and federal), including falsifying business records, wire fraud, and fraud. He admitted this on the recording line. All of this was an attempt to deceive Mr. Trump and avoid paying the amount he was legally owed. Due to fraud, I declined to participate in the documentary.
The disgraced former lawyer says he has “reasonable reason to believe” that what Mr. Gibson allegedly said to him on the afternoon of June 25, 2023, was true, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin He claimed he wondered how Mr. Bragg could “possibly rely on Daniels’ testimony.” She was “guilty of fraud and recently falsified her business records to cover up the crime.”
“Furthermore, will Attorney Bragg or others immediately file criminal charges against Daniels or others involved in this scheme?” he wrote.
