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The allegations involving Avenatti’s disabled former client add an element of depravity to the criminal case. Avenatti sued the County of Los Angeles on behalf of a client who suffered "severe emotional distress and several physical injuries, including paraplegia" from an unspecified incident, according to the indictment.
The county paid $4 million to resolve the case in January 2015, the U.S. said, but Avenatti hid the money and, over a period of several months, drained the settlement for his own benefit. Avenatti continued to lie to his client through last month, according to the indictment. He allegedly sent the client occasional payments of no more than $1,900 and paid the rent for his assisted-living facility, while falsely telling the man that the money was an advance on the settlement, the U.S. said.
Social Security
Avenatti allegedly tried to hide the scheme by derailing the client’s attempt to buy a house and lying to the Social Security Administration about the settlement, resulting in the client losing his Social Security benefits in February, according to the indictment.
Avenatti also allegedly raided another client’s settlement in 2017 in order to pay $2.5 million for his portion of a jet, prosecutors said
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The allegations involving Avenatti’s disabled former client add an element of depravity to the criminal case. Avenatti sued the County of Los Angeles on behalf of a client who suffered "severe emotional distress and several physical injuries, including paraplegia" from an unspecified incident, according to the indictment.
The county paid $4 million to resolve the case in January 2015, the U.S. said, but Avenatti hid the money and, over a period of several months, drained the settlement for his own benefit. Avenatti continued to lie to his client through last month, according to the indictment. He allegedly sent the client occasional payments of no more than $1,900 and paid the rent for his assisted-living facility, while falsely telling the man that the money was an advance on the settlement, the U.S. said.
Social Security
Avenatti allegedly tried to hide the scheme by derailing the client’s attempt to buy a house and lying to the Social Security Administration about the settlement, resulting in the client losing his Social Security benefits in February, according to the indictment.
Avenatti also allegedly raided another client’s settlement in 2017 in order to pay $2.5 million for his portion of a jet, prosecutors said
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