Some interesting filings in Stormy Daniels' Ohio wrongful arrest case
Some folks here are probably old enough to remember when Stormy Daniels was arrested at a strip club in Ohio on a bullshit charge that was primarily motivated by politics.
She brought a civil suit against the local prosecutor and reached a $450,000 settlement:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/27/politics/stormy-daniels-settlement-columbus/index.html
Stormy Daniels settles for $450K after arrest at Columbus, Ohio, strip club
Sounds pretty good, right?
Well, it sounds pretty good to quite a distinguished list of other guests who have shown up to the party. Here's the recent docket in that case:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8495132/clifford-v-keckley/
Nov 6, 2019
NOTICE of Registration of Foreign Judgment by Interested Party Donald J. Trump (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit) (Binau, Dan) Modified text on 11/7/2019 (ew). (Entered: 11/06/2019)
It turns out, once you've attracted the interest of Donald Trump, it's a hard thing to shake. The President of the United States is shaking down a stripper to the tune of $300k:
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Although, to be fair, that judgment in favor of Trump was precipitated by the disastrous advice of incompetent grifter attorney Michael Avenatti.
And, what would be a client damage award without Michael Avenatti rising up from his crypt to get his fingers on it:
Nov 7, 2019
NOTICE by Interested Party Michael Avenatti re 40 Notice (Other) of Pending Arbitration Resulting in the Removal of Lien (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A to Notice of Pending Arbitration) (Warren, Thomas) (Entered: 11/07/2019)
The best part of Avenatti's claim to the judgment here is that he wants to collect his fees for, among other things, pursuing the case in which Daniels ended up owing Trump the $300k that Trump is going after:
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The full filing can be found here:
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ohsd.220607/gov.uscourts.ohsd.220607.45.1.pdf
But, and maybe I should put the interesting stuff up front, we finally find out in this filing just what, exactly, was the fee agreement between Avenatti and Daniels, among a few other things. Just getting to the good parts:
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What's interesting about a header? Well, for one thing, it puts to bed the bullshit that was peddled by Avenatti and insisted on by his acolytes concerning Avenatti's various corporate guises. Early on in the Avenatti follies, the troubles of Eagan Avenatti were public information. This was dismissed by Avenatti, as his "former firm" which had nothing to do with his current representation of Daniels. Anyone who disagreed was labeled a "troll" or Trump supporter.
Moving on, I defy anyone to square his claim for legal fees above, with the operative passage of the agreement:
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...and, yes, this is the actual agreement they signed:
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So, what he agreed to do was take $100, bill his hourly rate against any online donations, and then negotiate a "reasonable percentage" of any book or media appearance in which he was involved.
His complaint, on the other hand, is "she only paid me $100", which seems to be all she was supposed to pay him.
And, oh, on that reasonable percentage... As you might know, he fraudulently took all of certain payments from her book deal by informing the publisher that they were to send he payments to him, but not informing Daniels that he was pocketing the payments. In fact, he pulled his usual stunt - confirmed by text messages - of telling his client that he was chasing payment when he had actually already received it and spent it on himself.
If you are wondering why he's not behind bars yet, then it doesn't seem as if it is going to be much longer:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/u-s-lawyer-michael-avenatti-gets-trial-date-on-charges-of-stealing-from-ex-client-idUSKBN1WN2DP
U.S. lawyer Michael Avenatti gets trial date on charges of stealing from ex-client
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who became nationally known as an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump before his arrest earlier this year, will stand trial in April on charges that he stole from his former client Stormy Daniels, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts set the April 21 trial date at a brief hearing in Manhattan federal court. The trial is expected to last one to two weeks.
Avenatti, 48, was arrested in New York in March. New York prosecutors have charged him with stealing nearly $300,000 from Daniels in the course of representing her and helping her secure a book deal, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
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His next big case is "winning on Twitter"......
