Porn star Stormy Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti, are apparently back on good terms after a dispute over the direction of her case against President Trump and a fundraising effort set-up without her consent.
“Pleased that Michael and I have sorted shit out and we know the accounting is on the up and up. We are going to kick ass together on two coasts tomorrow,” Daniels tweeted Sunday.
Pleased that Michael and I have sorted shit out and we know the accounting is on the up and up. We are going to kick ass together on two coasts tomorrow. #teamstormy
— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) December 2, 2018
In a statement to the Daily Beast last week, Daniels ripped her celebrity attorney for not treating her “with the respect and deference an attorney should show to a client.”
“He has spoken on my behalf without my approval. He filed a defamation case against Donald Trump against my wishes. He repeatedly refused to tell me how my legal defense fund was being spent. Now he has launched a new crowdfunding campaign using my face and name without my permission and attributing words to me that I never wrote or said,” Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, told the news outlet.
Avenatti, who was arrested last month on suspicion of felony domestic violence against a former live-in girlfriend, denied any wrongdoing.
“I have always been an open book with Stormy as to all aspects of her cases and she knows that,” he told the Daily Beast at the time. “The retention agreement Stormy signed back in February provided that she would pay me $100.00 and that any and all other monies raised via a legal fund would go toward my legal fees and costs. Instead, the vast majority of the money raised has gone toward her security expenses and similar other expenses. The most recent campaign was simply a refresh of the prior campaign, designed to help defray some of Stormy’s expenses.”
Daniels had also expressed hesitation over continuing her working relationship with Avenatti following his arrest by the Los Angeles Police Department over the accusations of domestic violence.
Prior to that, the pair seemed to enjoy a high-profile partnership formed after Avenatti sued President Trump on Daniels’ behalf to invalidate a $130,000 nondisclosure she signed with then-candidate Donald Trump just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an alleged extramarital affair they had more than a decade ago.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced in November that it would not pursue felony domestic violence charges against Avenatti, but it did refer his matter to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for misdemeanor filing consideration.
