| Nike Law Firm Boies Schiller Dangled
Cash To Not Spook Avenatti While Wired Up
Jury Hears
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Thread
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 31 – When after
three days of jury selection
the trial of Michael Avenatti
for allegedly extorting Nike
began on January 29, Assistant
US Attorney Robert Sobelman
told the selected jurors that
Avenatti was supposed to look
out for the interests of his
client, but he did not - he
had a weapon, social
media. More on 1st day
on Patreon here.
In cross
examination on January 31,
Avenatti's lawyer Howard
Srebnick asked Scott Wilson
who was a lawyer representing
Nike with Boies Schiller in
March 2019 about documents
showing Nike's Carlton DeBose
arranging for Gary Franklin to
fly to Phoenix, where he paid
basketball prospect Deandre
Ayton's mother $10,000 in
case.
Wilson
claimed that he hadn't
realized the flight Nike paid
for was to Phoenix, Ayton's
home, because its acronym PHX
is so similar to that of
Nike's headquarters in
Portland, PDX. To some it
seemed evasive, as did
Wilson's repeated claim that
as Nike's lawyer he could not
provide information.
Also cited
were payments to player
Brandon McCoy's "handler"
Shaun Manning, and Avenatti's
settlement offer to then jury
verdict against Kimberly-Clark
(the latter, AUSA Podolsky
objected to, and Judge
Gardephe sustained it).
Podolsky also objected, and
Judge Gardephe also sustained
the objection, when Howard
Srebnick asked Wilson about
being "wired up." Wilson
explained his dangling of
money in front of Geragos and
Avenatti as an attempt not to
"spook Avenatti," so he could
be cajoled to make demands
while being recorded. It
didn't take much. Day
III live tweeted thread here.
At
day's end Judge Gardephe set a
letter briefing schedule on
which we'll have more, and see
Patreon here;
he also answered Howard
Srebnick that as a Green Bay
Packer fan, he has to root for
the Chiefs in Sunday's Super
Bowl, given what happened (to
Green Bay) in San Francisco.
Watch this site.
Again why
were the Adidas official and
coaches prosecuted and jailed,
and nothing from the US
Attorney on Ayton, McCoy and
Bol Bol? Watch this site.
There's been
discussion of subpoenas from
the SEC, but as captioned "In
Re Athletic Apparel"
companies. Inner City Press
live-tweeted the proceedings,
here,
and will have more. More
on Patreon here. The
case is US v. Avenatti,
19-cr-373 (Gardephe).
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