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Michael Avenatti Arrested on Suspicion of Domestic Violence in Los Angeles
Michael Avenatti delivering the keynote address for the AFL-CIO Labor Council Dinner last month in Girard, Ohio. Allison Farrand for The New York Times
By Rebecca R. Ruiz and Matt Stevens
Nov. 14, 2018
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who rose to fame representing the pornographic film actress Stephanie Clifford and positioned himself as a crusading critic of President Trump and fierce advocate of women’s rights, was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of domestic violence, a spokesman for the city’s Police Department said.
The spokesman for the Los Angeles police, Josh Rubenstein, said Mr. Avenatti’s arrest had “stemmed from an incident on the Westside” of the city. Another department spokesman later specified that the episode had happened sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning in the tony neighborhood of Century City, noting that a police report was subsequently taken.
Mr. Avenatti was arrested just after 2 p.m. Wednesday and booked into jail on a felony charge of “domestic violence with visible injury” about two hours later, the police said. As of about 5 p.m. local time, Mr. Avenatti was being held in jail with bail set at $50,000.
In a statement from his law firm, Mr. Avenatti called the allegations leading to his arrest “completely bogus” and “meant to do harm to my reputation.”
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The finances of Mr. Avenatti’s firm, Eagan Avenatti, have meanwhile come under scrutiny, with a judge putting it in a temporary form of bankruptcy this year. Last month, a California court ordered Mr. Avenatti to pay $4.85 million to a lawyer who once did work for his firm.
On Wednesday, upcoming appearances by Mr. Avenatti were called off, including two in Vermont sponsored by the state’s Democratic Party. Tickets ranging from $50 to $100 for town-hall-style talks by Mr. Avenatti that were due to take place this weekend will be refunded. “The events were canceled immediately upon hearing the news,” said R. Christopher Di Mezzo, communications director for the Vermont Democratic Party.