Mike Avenatti is broke: maybe CNN can spot the dude the dough

Porn lawyer Michael Avenatti is dead broke and cannot afford his legal fees, according to Dean Steward, his attorney.

Steward filed a motion in federal court Saturday detailing Avenatti’s financial woes and is now asking for taxpayers to cover his costs. You can bet if he gets his way, and he probably will, the legal bill is going to skyrocket to a ridiculous dollar amount.

“The bottom line is that Mr. Avenatti has run out of funds, and faces a complex trial lasting as long as six weeks,” Steward wrote in a filing to the federal judge overseeing one of Avenatti’s three ongoing criminal cases. The funds to which he is referring that Avenatti ran out of consisted of money he scammed off his clients.

The Compromised News Network (CNN) is now distancing themselves from Avenatti, in spite of having once supporting his plan to run against President Trump in this year's presidential election. [Chris Matthews, who no longer works for CNN due to his involvement in sundry sexual misconduct scandals, was unavailable for comment. Others who have not been caught in sexual misconduct scandals have also not come forth with wallet in hand.]

Avenatti ran into legal and money problems last year when he was represented by attorneys in the federal public defender's office after the lawyer he had retained quit. The porn lawyer then brought in Steward, who he claimed was "incredibly well-qualified," which is an endorsement most lawyers would not relish.

"But the retainer has long since run out and defendant does not have funds to pay counsel,” Steward claimed. He's proposing to stay on the case and get paid under the rules for indigent clients.

“Such an arrangement would save considerable taxpayer funds, over starting fresh with new … counsel.” And it would likely fill Steward's money silo to the top.

The scumcrumpet's financial difficulties was filed under seal with the court, away from the eyes of taxpayers and for now, the prosecutors. We don't yet know if Judge Selna in Los Angeles would be ruling on the matter but we do know that Avenatti's chances of running for POTUS have been dashed along with the hopes and dreams of the Democrat Party, particularly Maxine Waters.

Avenatti, like many others imprisoned, was allowed to leave federal custody because of coronavirus concerns. Since April he’s been living in the Southern California home of a childhood friend under strict rules imposed by the court. It isn't known whether his childhood friend is aware that Avenatti is living there.

Just kidding--his friend knew. In fact, his friend was recently forced to answer questions to determine whether his porn lawyer buddy had violated those terms – such as through impermissible use of internet-capable devices.

Selna appeared satisfied with the friend’s responses. He said Avenatti’s conduct “does not merit any action at this time.”

The disgraced lawyer faces three-dozen counts of fraud, tax evasion and other alleged crimes. You would think with all that corruption, money would be no object for the weasel. He was convicted in February of attempting to extort millions of dollars from the Nike Corp. and is also accused of bilking money from pornography performer Stormy Daniels [aka Stephanie Gregory Clifford], his most famous client. 

Fun Fact: Stormy Daniels, who President Trump referred to as "Horse Face," knows more positions than Joe Biden has changed his positions on policy.

Avenatti has not been sentenced yet in the Nike case and is awaiting trial in the other two. If justice is served, he will be spending the rest of his miserable life in the slammer and it's doubtful President Trump will pardon him.

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