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Thu Feb 14, 2019, 10:11 AM Feb 2019

Avenatti to give up financial control of law firm after he's accused of hiding millions

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Breaking: Michael Avenatti gives up control of law firm after he's accused of hiding millions from bankruptcy court


Avenatti to give up financial control of law firm after he's accused of hiding millions
By MICHAEL FINNEGAN
FEB 13, 2019 | 9:15 PM

Michael Avenatti agreed Wednesday to relinquish financial control of his longtime law firm hours after a former partner filed papers accusing him of hiding millions of dollars from the court that oversaw its bankruptcy.

The celebrity lawyer and his firm, Eagan Avenatti, consented to the appointment of a receiver to take possession of its bank accounts, case files, computers and other assets.
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