Manhattan federal prosecutors are seeking to impose a “very substantial” prison sentence on lawyer Michael Avenatti for his attempted extortion scheme on Nike.
U.S. Probation Office officials recommend an eight-year sentence for Avenatti, who was floated as a 2020 presidential candidate and frequented cable news networks, prosecutors said in a Manhattan federal court submission.
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