Avenatti’s Request for New Nike-Extortion Trial Is Denied
- Judge says jury wasn’t impacted by prosecutors’ conduct
- Convicted lawyer is scheduled to be sentenced on July 8
Convicted lawyer Michael Avenatti’s request for a new trial was denied as a judge ruled prosecutors’ allegedly improper conduct didn’t impact a jury that found he tried to extort $25 million from Nike Inc.
The ruling ensures that Avenatti, who was found guilty in February 2020 after a three-week trial in Manhattan, will be sentenced this week after a long delay caused by the pandemic.