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Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

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Michael Avenatti sentenced to 8 years in client fraud case after 9th Circuit reversal

Michael Avenatti sentenced to 8 years in client fraud case after 9th Circuit reversal

The brief cable news staple and hopeful for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination returned to the Orange County federal courthouse on Thursday.

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Michael Avenatti sentenced to 8 years in client fraud case after 9th Circuit reversal
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Michael Avenatti outside the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California, in May 2019. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

A woman who’s owed $1.3 million by thieving lawyer Michael Avenatti persuaded a federal judge on Thursday to increase his new prison sentence because of the harm she continues to suffer eight years after he stole from her.

“I’m still rebuild…

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