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Geoffrey Berman

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Gender Male
Age 64
Date of birth September 12,1959
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Trenton
New Jersey
United States
SpouseJoanne Karen Schwartz
Office United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Previous officeInterim United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2018–2018)
Job Lawyer
Education Stanford University
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford Law School
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Geoffrey Steven Berman is an American lawyer serving as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York since 2018. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1990 to 1994.

Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer Michael Avenatti about the extortion guilty

Feb 16,2020 8:24 am

Michael Avenatti could face More Than 40 Years in prison

Michael Avenatti , who was porn star Stormy Daniels is represented in a lawsuit against President Trump, guilty of attempted extortion

The Lawyer was accused of seeking to extort up to $25m (£18. 9m) from Nike.

He had threatened to release information that may be harmful for the popular sports brand.

Avenatti is a vocal critic of Mr. Trump, two years ago, when he began, Ms Daniels, and even suggested that he stand for election may run for President.

He was found guilty by a jury after a three-week trial and could Face Up to 42 years in prison when sentenced in June.

What was accused Avenatti?

prosecutors in New York said Avenatti, 48, met with a lawyer for Nike in March 2019. At their meeting, he threatened to release harmful information about Nike, unless he paid him between $15 million and $25m.

At the time he approached Nike, Avenatti had his then-client, Gary Franklin, who ran a youth basketball League in Los Angeles .

court papers said Avenatti threatened to hold a press conference had claimed Nike, illegal payments to young basketball players in Los Angeles . Revealing this would wipe billions of Nike stock value, he had proposed.

Nike immediately The Matter to Federal prosecutors. Avenatti, was arrested shortly after the announcement, he had a press conference about a scandal around The Company .

"That was an old-fashioned shakedown," Prosecutor Geoffrey Berman said at the time. The Jury heard that Avenatti had at least $11m in debt.

in the Last month, and under 24-hour lockdown in the same Manhattan jail cell that housed Mexican drug Lord Joaquin "El Chapo " Guzman.

What Daniels is with Stormy? Avenatti previously shown-porn star Stormy Daniels

Avenatti formerly represented, to sue Stormy Daniels , who have tried The President , to a non-disclosure agreement she had signed before the 2016 presidential elections.

The non-disclosure agreement in connection with An Affair that She Said that he had dismissed Mr trump in 2006, but the case was finally.

In may of last year, Avenatti was accused of fraud in her book " revenue and faces trial in New York in April. He denies all the charges.

It is also a further process in Los Angeles in may on allegations that he swindled clients and others of millions of dollars.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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