Avenatti Jury Can Hear About Trump, ‘Stormy’ But Not Debts (1)

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, who goes on trial Monday in New York on charges that he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike Inc., will be allowed to tell jurors about the two people who helped make him famous -- Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump, a judge ruled.

At the same time, prosecutors won’t be allowed to mention damaging details about how Avenatti allegedly fell $15 million into debt, which they had hoped to point to as a motive for him to demand as much as $25 million from Nike. The U.S. claims he illegally threatened ...