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Aaaaalrighty then! Let's talk about Michael Avenatti(et al) again... shall we?

wiki: Michael Avenatti

Michael Avenatti (born February 16, 1971) is an American attorney and entrepreneur. He routinely appears on broadcast[1][2][3] and print media[4] as a commentator on a range of legal issues and has represented parties in a number of lawsuits that have gained international media attention, including cases brought against the National Football League,[5] various celebrity defendants,[6][7] high-ranking business executives[8] and Fortune 100 companies.[9] He is also a professional race car driver, having participated in races across the United States and Europe.[10][11][12][13][14][15]


Biography

Early years

While in college and later in law school, Avenatti worked at a political opposition and media firm, The Research Group, run by Rahm Emanuel (later White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, and mayor of Chicago).[18] Avenatti worked on over 150 campaigns in 42 states, including multiple gubernatorial and congressional campaigns and Joe Biden’s U.S. Senate campaign.[7]

Legal career

After law school, Avenatti worked at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, California, alongside Daniel M. Petrocelli, who previously represented the Ron Goldman family in its case against O.J. Simpson.[19] He assisted Petrocelli on multiple legal matters, including the representation of singer Christina Aguilera[20] and litigation surrounding the movie K-19: The Widowmaker,[21] and worked extensively for Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the musical group The Eagles, including in a suit brought by former bandmate Don Felder against the group and Irving Azoff.[22][7]

Avenatti later joined Greene Broillet & Wheeler, a Los Angeles boutique litigation firm. While there, he handled a number of high-profile cases, including a $10 million defamation case against Paris Hilton,[23] a successful idea-theft lawsuit relating to the show The Apprentice and against producers Mark Burnett and Donald Trump,[24] and a $40 million embezzlement lawsuit involving KPMG.[7][25]

In 2007, Avenatti formed the law firm Eagan Avenatti, LLP (formerly known as Eagan O’Malley & Avenatti, LLP) with offices in Newport Beach, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. He has since appeared on 60 Minutes twice in connection with cases he has handled.[1][26] Avenatti has also served as lead counsel on a number of historically-large cases, including an April 2017 $454 million verdict after a jury trial in Federal Court in Los Angeles in a fraud case against Kimberly-Clark and Halyard Health,[27] an $80.5 million class-action settlement against Service Corporation International,[28] a $41 million jury verdict against KPMG,[29] and a $39 million malicious prosecution settlement.[30] In 2015, Avenatti prevailed against the National Football League following a two-week jury trial in Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas after cross-examining Jerry Jones at trial.[31][32]

In March 2018 Avenatti filed a lawsuit on behalf of adult film actress Stormy Daniels seeking to invalidate a 2016 "hush" agreement regarding a 2008 affair with Donald Trump. The nondisclosure agreement had been negotiated in the final days of the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign.[33][34]

There are some running themes with this guy...

"High profile cases" of note:

  • Defending: Zeta Graff vs Paris Hilton (ca. 2007)
  • Defending: Sweetman + Burton vs Jim Carrey (ca: 2012 - 2018)
  • Defending: Stormy Daniels vs Donald Trump (ca. 2016 - 2018)

  • Repeated involvement in cases where someone has pre-existing sex-related controversy in their life and where one or both parties have a lot of money.

  • He seems to alternate between having them employ him, and suing them; receiving money one way or the other.
  • I would go so far as to accuse him of, behind closed doors, playing both sides to manufacture elements of these cases. Easy wins to bolster his career, due to having inside information from a network within hollywood et al.

Shoutout to @migratorypatterns and @Blacksmith21:

16. Faith in our POTUS Restored: Donald Trump Drinking Fiji -- Hillary's $30,000 Fans Are Her ''CULT'' Following -- NXIVM is Key to the Storm ^ comment by Blacksmith21 >

Fiji He later bought Wakaya Island in Fiji.[1][2] In 1996, he co-founded Fiji Water with Peter Munk, after he found an aquifer in Yaqara Valley on Viti Levu.[1][2][4][5] It became the No. 1 brand of imported water, even before Evian.[1] In 2004, he sold it to Lynda Resnick for US$50 million.[1][6] He also founded Wakaya Club & Spa, a luxury resort on Wakaya Island.[2] Prince Felipe of Spain and his wife Letizia, Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch, George Lucas, Michelle Pfeiffer, David E. Kelley, Robert Zemeckis, Paris Hilton, and Tom Cruise have all stayed in the resort.[2][3] He has also built a village and a school for his Fiji workers.[2]

"Paris Hilton, and Tom Cruise"

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour_(businessman)

Wait for it...

More running themes with Avenatti:

  • Scientologists being involved/linked(friendly or otherwise) with people involved in litigation which Avenattis is involved in.
  • Repeated involvement with litigation involving persons who have links to the pornography industry specifically.

17. http://www.accessonline.com - Paris Hilton Settles $10M Defamation Lawsuit With Zeta Graff | https://archive.is/dcQ6f

Excerpt:

Graff had filed a $10 million suit against Paris in 2005, claiming Paris fed a slanderous story to the New York Post about Graff attacking her at a club and ripping a necklace off her neck in what was supposedly a jealous rage over Hilton’s fiancé at the time, Paris Latsis.~~

~~During her deposition, Paris insisted she didn’t know anything about the article in the Post. However, her former publicist Rob Shutter[sic] went on the record to say that Paris was the one who gave him the information to pass on to the Post.

18. https://pagesix.com - PARIS SETTLEMENT A REAL GEM | https://archive.is/wqUUP

Paris Hilton finally blinked. Just a day before jury selection was scheduled to begin in diamond diva Zeta Graff‘s much-anticipated defamation suit against the hotel heiress, Paris forked up enough cash to settle the case. Sources pegged the damage at north of $2 million. In the suit, Graff alleged that Hilton planted a story on Page Six two years ago which falsely claimed a jealous Graff – the ex-girlfriend of Paris Latsis – had ripped a necklace off Hilton’s neck and been thrown out of London nightclub Kabaret, while Barry Manilow‘s “Copacabana” played mockingly in the background. Graff’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said, “Both parties are glad the matter could be resolved without the time and expense of a trial.” We at Page Six are just glad the matter was resolved without our editor being forced to recite the lyrics of Manilow’s hit song in court, as he did in a deposition.

So, who is Zeta Graff? Why would Paris make up such a story with the expectation that her publicist wouldn't turn on her? Why did her publicist turn? Did someone else put Paris up to it, with a false assurance that she wouldn't be turned against? Was Paris under duress?

Correction: accessonline article mispelled Hilton's publicist's name

19. wiki: Rob Shuter

Career

Public relations

After graduating, Shuter started his first paid job at Bragman Nyman Cafarelli, a large Los Angeles based public relations firm that opened a small satellite office in New York City.

At Dan Klores Communications he represented Jennifer Lopez during her breakup with Ben Affleck, Jessica Simpson when she split with Nick Lachey,[6] Alicia Keys, Diddy, Jon Bon Jovi as well as lots of crisis management clients including Naomi Campbell and Paris Hilton.

Shuter finally decided he wanted to go out on his own and with Jessica and Ashlee Simpson as clients he left to start up The Shuter Group.

20. http://www.latimes.com - Diamond heiress Zeta Graff seeks a tenant for her contemporary showplace in Bel-Air | https://archive.is/vQCmY

Excerpt:

Graff is part of the family that owns London-based Graff Diamonds. She appeared in "The Fifth Element" (1997) as well as various TV movies and series.

wiki: Graff Diamonds

Graff Diamonds is a British multinational jeweller based in London.[1] A vertically integrated company, Graff operations comprise the design, manufacture and retail distribution of jewellery and watches.


Notable diamonds

~~The Sultan Abdul Hamid II is a 70, 54 carat light yellow acquired by Graff in 1981. It has been suggested that this stone may have been cut from "The Ottoman I" which originally belonged to Suleyman the Magnificent of Turkey.

See: Anna Malecka, "The Lost Diamond of Süleyman the Magnificent", Jewellery History Today: The Society of Jewellery Historians Winter 2015 (22).

Stores

Graff has over 50 stores around the world including New York, Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Courchevel, Kiev, Beijing and Taipei. [16]

Graff has corporate offices in London, New York, Geneva, Hong Kong and Tokyo.


See also

  • Graff Diamonds robbery