NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti delivered an audacious closing argument Wednesday in the trial over his alleged theft of $300,000 from Stormy Daniels for a book deal, proclaiming “this was my money.”
The disgraced lawyer, representing himself at trial, is accused of betraying the porn star client who made him famous by forging her signature and redirecting payments from her book publisher to an account he controlled.
Avenatti said the money from Daniels’ tell-all book, “Full Disclosure,” was simply his to take.
