Today in Michael Avenatti news:
#BREAKING: Stormy Daniels' Attorney Michael Avenatti Arrested for Domestic Violence https://t.co/YaCm5KUEQV
— TMZ (@TMZ) November 14, 2018
More from TMZ:
Our law enforcement sources say Stormy Daniels’ attorney was arrested Wednesday after his estranged wife filed a felony DV report. We’re told her face had serious injuries.
Our sources say the alleged incident occurred Tuesday, but there was a confrontation Wednesday between the two at an exclusive apartment building in the Century City area of L.A.
We’re told during today’s confrontation the woman ran out of the apartment building and was on the sidewalk on her cellphone with sunglasses covering her eyes, screaming on the phone, “I can’t believe you did this to me.” We’re told security brought her inside the building and Michael showed up 5 minutes later, ran into the building, chasing after her. He screamed repeatedly, “She hit me first.” We’re told he angrily added, “This is bulls***, this is f***ing bulls***.”
Holy crap.
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) November 14, 2018
No f*cking way ==> https://t.co/QgxuX2Hzmj
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) November 14, 2018
Boy, who could have figured that the short-tempered, angry guy who kept boasting about how tough he was and using metaphors about punching people would have a violent streak.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 14, 2018
Not exactly a shocker, is it?
What a creep. https://t.co/sLbv2qdKav
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) November 14, 2018
This would pretty much confirm it, yeah.
"She hit me first!" is a winning 2020 slogan.
— Jeff B. (@EsotericCD) November 14, 2018
I hope he knows a good lawyer.
— Russell Flowers (@ChoralReave) November 14, 2018
No kidding.
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) November 14, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets and text.
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Update:
.@THR has confirmed @TMZ report: Michael Avenatti was arrested in LA on suspicion of felony domestic violence against his ex-wife. https://t.co/R55C87fBtK
— Matthew Belloni (@THRMattBelloni) November 14, 2018
The AP’s reporting it as well:
BREAKING: Law enforcement official: Michael Avenatti is in police custody in Los Angeles following domestic violence allegation.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 14, 2018
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Update:
TMZ originally said Avenatti's estranged wife (or ex-wife, can't remember which) made the allegation, but then deleted that from their story. Perhaps a woman other than the estranged wife made the allegation https://t.co/dkfLwzOMV3
— Steve Lookner (@lookner) November 15, 2018
TMZ has edited its Avenatti report, changing "estranged wife" to "a woman" pic.twitter.com/s9OEwHwzCJ
— Aidan McLaughlin (@aidnmclaughlin) November 15, 2018
TMZ initially reported that Michale Avenatti was arrested for an incident involving his estranged wife. The story's been updated to remove reference of wife — now just says "a woman." (No correction note)
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) November 15, 2018
I spoke with Avenatti's wife on the phone. “I haven’t see Michael in months. It’s a complete fabrication," she said. “Bruises on my face? It is insanity. He wouldn’t hit anybody. Especially a woman. He’s got two daughters.”
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) November 15, 2018
New: Statement from Lisa-Storie Avenatti's lawyer: pic.twitter.com/dMOgAZ4qPX
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) November 15, 2018
Well, someone has definitely accused Avenatti of domestic violence. The LAPD has confirmed that Avenatti has been arrested:
We can confirm that today LAPD Detectives arrested Michael Avenatti on suspicion of domestic violence. This is an ongoing investigation and we will provide more details as they become available.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) November 15, 2018
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Updates:
Some of Michael Avenatti's greatest hits are coming back to bite him — HARD https://t.co/WJGT4NLUpd
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 14, 2018
Yikes! Jim Geraghty digs up some Michael Avenatti headlines that should have the media cringing today https://t.co/uPZ4TEa4LT
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2018
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