Avenatti Fails to Get Supreme Court Look at Identity Theft Case

The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti’s case challenging his aggravated identity theft conviction related to his representation of adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Avenatti was found guilty in 2022 of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after misappropriating nearly $300,000 in payments to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, from the publisher of her planned memoir.

He was sentenced to a total of four years’ imprisonment: 24 months for wire fraud and a consecutive 24-month term mandated by the aggravated identity theft statute.

Avenatti argued in his petition for Supreme Court review ...