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Molly Crane-Newman

Michael Avenatti must pay $260k in Nike’s attorneys fees, NYC judge rules

NEW YORK — The blows keep coming.

Disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers who represented Nike when he tried to extort $25 million from the sportswear giant, a judge ruled Monday.

Manhattan Federal Court Judge Paul Gardephe ordered Avenatti to pay $259,800 to Nike in restitution — about a third of the $856,162 in attorneys’ fees the company requested.

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