Michael Avenatti, lawyer known as Trump foe, indicted for financial crimes

“I intend to fully fight all charges and plead NOT GUILTY,” Avenatti wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “I look forward to the entire truth being known as opposed to a one-sided version meant to sideline me.”

The New York prosecutors have separately accused Avenatti of trying to blackmail Nike Inc. for more than $20-million. They threatened to go public unless Nike hired Avenatti to conduct an internal investigation for $15-million to $25-million, and paid an additional $1.5-million to the client, according to prosecutors. Avenatti also offered to accept a $22.5-million payment for his silence, prosecutors said.

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