Michael Avenatti must pay nearly $5 million to an ex-colleague as his law firm is evicted from its California offices

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October 22, 2018 9:53 PM

Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, was fined $4.85 million on Monday for failing to pay a former colleague at his California law firm on the same day that his firm was evicted from their Orange County offices in a separate trial.

A Los Angeles court ruled that the firm, Eagan Avenatti, owes Jason Frank and others, including the Internal Revenue Service, millions of dollars. Frank, Avenatti's former colleague, also won a $10 million judgment against the firm in a bankruptcy court case in May.

Avenatti told The Los Angeles Times on Monday that he no longer owns Eagan Avenatti, even though he recently told a bankruptcy court judge that his other firm, Avenatti & Associates, had taken on full equity of Eagan Avenatti. He also told reporters on Monday that Frank instead owed him millions for "fraud" he committed. Avenatti hasn't pursued any legal case against Frank's alleged wrongdoing.

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