A Manhattan federal judge has denied Michael Avenatti’s request to send a criminal case accusing the embattled lawyer of stealing $300,000 from his former client, the adult film star known as Stormy Daniels, to his home state of California.
U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts of the Southern District of New York on Tuesday rejected Avenatti’s argument that a transfer would streamline criminal proceedings in the Santa Ana, California-based Southern Division of the Central District of California, where he is also facing charges in a sprawling wire fraud case.
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