Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuit...
- Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump, has been sued by a paraplegic former client who accused him of siphoning away a $4 million settlement he had won.
“I never thought I would get victimized by my own attorney,” Johnson, who uses a wheelchair, said at a press conference on Thursday. “I wish he had just given me my money.” Avenatti drew national attention through his representation of Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, in lawsuits against Trump and the president’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, and briefly flirted with a 2020 White House run.Johnson said he obtained the $4 million settlement with Los Angeles County in January 2015 over injuries he sustained by jumping from an elevated floor in a downtown Los Angeles jail, in the second of two attempted suicides in August 2011.
Johnson also said Avenatti lied to the Social Security Administration about the monthly payments, costing him needed supplemental benefits. The firm filed for bankruptcy protection in March, and there has been litigation among its former lawyers. In his email, Avenatti said Johnson would have been convicted “but for my assistance,” and had previously acknowledged in writing that he had always acted ethically when representing him.In addition to the $4 million and punitive damages, Johnson is seeking at least $500,000 for lost Social Security benefits and $5 million for severe emotional distress and other damages.
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