You would think celebrity porn star attorney Michael Avenatti would shut his trap after his arrest in NYC yesterday on charges he attempted to extort Nike. . .
I see Avenatti has shrewdly elected the “well maybe try talking more” strategy.
— PhoneEtiquetteMattersHat (@Popehat) March 26, 2019
. . .but nah!
Here he is naming-names and accusing the shoe and apparel giant of paying the Phoenix Suns’ DeAndrew Ayton and the University of Oregon’s Bol Bol, son of NBA legend Manute Bol, before both players got to college:
Ask DeAndre Ayton and Nike about the cash payments to his mother and others. Nike’s attempt at diversion and cover-up will fail miserably once prosecutors realize they have been played by Nike and their lawyers at Boies. This reaches the highest levels of Nike.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 26, 2019
Bol Bol and his handlers also received large sums from Nike. The receipts are clear as day. A lot of people at Nike will have to account for their criminal conduct, starting with Carlton DeBose & moving higher up. The diversion charade they orchestrated against me will be exposed
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 26, 2019
It’s rather nice of Avenatti to give prosecutors some additional evidence:
Wait, Avenatti is actually making good on his blackmail threats despite getting caught??? https://t.co/acRrQe7QfY
— neontaster (@neontaster) March 26, 2019
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Can’t be blackmail if you’re not going to get any money from Nike because you’ve been arrested for trying to blackmail them. pic.twitter.com/044LvjlFBO
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) March 26, 2019
Criminal defense attorney @beyondreasdoubt adds:
My god is he tweeting this info? How does he not understand those tweets will be evidence at his trial? They are now proof of what info he had in support of his extortion. I knew he was dumb, but just wow
— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) March 26, 2019
He’s got spunk!
Something to be said for tenacity I suppose.
— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) March 26, 2019
Avenatti later warned of SEC troubles for Nike:
The corruption at Nike was rampant with Merl Code and increased with his apprentice DeBose after Code left for Adiddas. Those above DeBose knew all about the payments. Nike conspired to route many of the payments through a convicted felon. Nike then lied to the government.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 26, 2019
If Nike was cooperating with the government for over a year relating to this scandal (they weren’t – this is a lie), where are the disclosures in their SEC filings? There are none. Wait until the SEC begins their investigation & starts asking why Nike hid this info from investors
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 26, 2019
Good luck, dude.
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OOPSIE: Check out what The Bulwark’s token Liberal thought about Michael Avenatti just last year (deleted but we got it) https://t.co/K2e8HzbTad
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 26, 2019
‘This somehow got better’! Michael Avenatti’s alleged co-conspirator should be familiar to CNN viewers; UPDATED https://t.co/9OCfUQ65Mf
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 26, 2019