Ahead of his resentencing, former celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti argued for a significantly reduced three-years in a California prison, while prosecutors said his 14-year sentence should remain mostly unchanged.
Avenatti’s argument hinges on testimony of work he’s done to support other inmates while in prison, including as a suicide watch companion, and an assertion that the previously unaccounted-for value of his legal services reduces the amount of funds his clients lost from his theft.
“Since his 2022 original sentencing, he has lived every day of his incarceration seeking to atone for the harm he caused and set his life on ...
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