Celebrity lawyer appealed identity theft conviction
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Case involved porn star's book publishing deal
By Andrew Chung
Oct 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti's bid to overturn his 2022 conviction for identity theft for bokep chindo misappropriating nearly $300,000 in book proceeds intended for porn star Stormy Daniels, his former client. The justices turned away the appeal by Avenatti, who was convicted by a jury in federal court in Manhattan of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in the case. It was the second time in recent months that the Supreme Court denied an appeal by Avenatti in a criminal conviction. Avenatti, 53, was sentenced to four years in prison for conduct in the book case that the presiding judge called "brazen and egregious."
He had represented himself during the two-week trial.
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