Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti: Avenatti played the role of knight in shining armour to Stormy Daniels’ damsel in distress as she took on Trump and his entourage. Picture: Getty
In a Manhattan criminal court on Friday, Michael Avenatti, the pugnacious celebrity lawyer, former avatar of the anti-Trump movement, and would-be presidential contender, completed his fall from grace with a resounding crash. After three days of deliberation, a Manhattan jury convicted Avenatti – the former liberal media darling and Trump’s most effective antagonist – of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft stemming from his theft of a $300,000 book advance intended for porn actress Stormy...