Michael Avenatti re-sentenced in OC to slightly shorter stint in federal prison

[Demovictory9]

Michael Avenatti re-sentenced in OC to slightly shorter stint in federal prison


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PUBLISHED: June 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM PDT
Michael Avenatti, the convicted ex-attorney who gained fame for his fiery cable-news denunciations of President Donald Trump, was re-sentenced on Thursday, June 12, to 11 years and three months in prison — a slightly shorter sentenced than the 14 years he was previously ordered to spend behind bars for stealing millions from his former clients.
Avenatti, during a hearing at the federal courthouse in downtown Santa Ana, was given credit for the three years, four months he has already served in prison, and will now have to serve just under eight more years in federal lockup.

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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year overturned the 14-year sentence, finding that Judge Selna had erred by not taking several sentencing factors into account.
The appellate judges sent it back to Judge Selna, setting up Thursday’s re-sentencing.

Avenatti, in a letter sent to Judge Selna on the eve of his re-sentencing, asked for mercy, writing that while in prison he has focused on “being accountable, exercising humility, and becoming a better father, a better man and a better human being” and adding that his happiest moments behind bars have been while “helping others succeed. …
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[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Compared to the a-holes in power now

Avenatti looks like a weenie and a minor criminal.

[Renew Deal]

2. But is he still planning to run for president?

[Silent Type]

4. Cracks me up when I think how popular he was for a short time.

[Demovictory9]

8. He was the only one trashing trump with the same energy that Trump puts out

[Polybius]

9. Alan Grayson too

Besides them though, no one else really.

[Silent Type]

10. He was also almost as crooked as trump. Alan Grayson abused his wife.

[Demovictory9]

11. We didnt know

[Iggo]

5. Yeah, on the Avenatti/Oprah ticket.

The recency bias is insane sometimes.

[hlthe2b]

3. A lot of people self-destruct and become their own worst enemies career-wise...

But this guy? Geebus. He wrote the book.

[D_Master81]

6. He's still in prison?

Don’t get me wrong he should’ve gone to jail. But for him to be in prison this long while the bigger criminal is running the country is the ultimate irony for how messed up this country is.

[Demovictory9]

7. Yes and for 7 to 8 more years