Michael Avenatti’s law firm getting evicted

Michael Avenatti’s bad week got worse.

The lawyer to porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal battle against President Trump lost an appeal in the eviction of his law firm from its offices in Newport Beach, Calif., on Friday.

An Orange County Superior Court judge affirmed an October order that the high-profile attorney and his staff vacate their offices, ordering them to leave by Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The law firm, Eagan Avenatti, had not paid four months in rent — more than $213,000 total — prompting the landlord to sue for eviction.

Avenatti told the newspaper the eviction “does not matter” because the law firm “was already in the process of moving.”

Avenatti was arrested Wednesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence. It’s unclear who was involved in the alleged incident, and Avenatti called the allegations “completely bogus.”

“I have never been physically abusive in my life nor was I last night. Any accusations to the contrary are fabricated and meant to do harm to my reputation. I look forward to being fully exonerated,” he said in a statement released by his law firm.

The Los Angeles Police Department said it’s investigating and would provide more details as they become available.

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