Michael Avenatti is living in a jail cell that once held convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. His lawyers say the conditions in the jail make it impossible for Stormy Daniel’s former lawyer to prepare for his upcoming extortion trial, his lawyers said.
In a filing late on Monday night, Avenatti’s lawyers said their client is in solitary confinement under 24-hour lockdown on a floor in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan that houses people charged with terrorism offenses.
They also said Avenatti has “great difficulty functioning,” is sleeping with three blankets because the temperature feels like the mid-40s (6-8 degrees Celsius) and faces “special administrative measures” that almost completely block contact with outsiders.
While jail officials have been “professional, respectful and courteous,” Avenatti’s lawyers want him moved to the general population, where he can meet with them and better prepare for trial, which could start next week.
Jail officials have not commented.
Avenatti, 48, became well known for representing pornography actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump. He went from one leftist cable station to another bashing the President, talking about how he’d be in prison soon.
ANA NAVARRO SAID HE WAS LIKE THE ‘HOLY SPIRIT’
Watch: Ana Navarro to Avenatti: You’re like the Holy Spirit. You are all places at all times. There’s a seat available if you want to be a co-host at ‘The View.’ 😂
(2018) pic.twitter.com/cTpE5SnhtQ
— Israel & USA forever (@IsraelUSAforevr) January 19, 2020
The Manhattan jail has long faced criticism for its living conditions.
Avenatti was charged with threatening to publicize accusations that Nike Inc illegally paid families of college basketball recruits unless the sportswear company paid him $15 million to $25 million to conduct a probe.
Prosecutors also charged him with concealing a settlement offer from his client.
Avenatti has pleaded not guilty. He was jailed last week in California after prosecutors there said he violated bail conditions in a separate criminal case. Avenatti was flown on Friday to Manhattan.
READ THE FILING
They put #Avenatti in El Chapo’s old cell. https://t.co/Jtoi2OK7De
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) January 21, 2020
Navarro gave him a virtual bj.
Avenatti / Smollett 2020
If Avenatti gets the same guards Epstein had, you know he knows something that hurts the Clintons.
Mikey better hope the little light on the surveillance camera doesn’t mysteriously go out.
Couldn’t have happened to a better scumbag.
Why isn’t dear St. Michael transferred to Jeffrey Epstein cell??
“ANA NAVARRO SAID HE WAS LIKE THE ‘HOLY SPIRIT’”Ana may well have been imbibing in spirits but I have serious doubts there was anything remotely holy involved in her her experience unless she’s referring to Holy Hell. No problem Ana, you’ll get a chance to VIEW him as they perp walk the slimy shyster to his trial.. …. Since when are jail cells supposed to be a comfort zone?
I think that Ana Navarro really dreams about being bitch slapped by Micheal in their own 50 shades of grey party.
THE USA media LOVES a pretty face. they can turn him into whatever and whomever they choose that day. The media is so flashy & unclean, that, he’s probably gonna get a show!
What do spys do with their time when they aren
‘t
abusing the country that gave them everything and I suppose make them feel like they are really special.You could of spend your life picking potatoes and the United States would of been better off if you had.
Media’s main man.
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