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Judge refuses to drop extortion charges against Michael Avenatti

By Anthony Leonardi
Published January 15, 2020 5:27pm ET
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Judge refuses to drop extortion charges against Michael Avenatti
Michael Avenatti, the attorney and spokesperson for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters outside federal court, Monday, April 16, 2018, in New York. | (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

A New York judge refused to drop charges of extortion levied against former Stormy Daniels lawyer and vocal Trump critic Michael Avenatti on Wednesday.

Avenatti, 48, was charged by federal prosecutors in early 2019 for attempting to extort between $15 million and $22.5 million from Nike. Additionally, he was charged with stealing $300,000 from his former client Stormy Daniels, a Trump critic and pornography actress. Though Avenatti faces mounting legal battles, he has denied the charges over Twitter:

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