Law firm manager says bank records show Avenatti misappropriated client's money
by Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
Apr 02, 2019
3 minutes
SANTA ANA, Calif. - The accountant who recently took control of operations at Michael Avenatti's longtime law firm says bank records support prosecutors' allegation that the celebrity attorney embezzled money from a client.
The sworn statement by Brian Weiss, the receiver overseeing Eagan Avenatti since February, came in a separate civil case as Avenatti made his first court appearance Monday in his wire and bank fraud prosecution in Santa Ana federal court.
Dressed in a crisp business suit, Avenatti stood
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