The outspoken attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels is pushing back against efforts to keep him and his client silent about their lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen.
But if the gag order is enacted, he wants it to also cover Trump and his cable news mouthpiece and attorney Rudy Giuliani.
In a new filing on Monday, flagged by Politico, Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti cited a list of denigrating comments Giuliani has made about Daniels in recent weeks, including saying that he doesn’t “respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance.”
“The order must go both ways by extending to all parties … and all counsel,” Avenatti wrote in the new filing Monday. “Any other gag order imposed in the case would be manifestly one-sided and unjust, especially in light of the insults and attacks made against (Daniels).”
Cohen’s attorney has been pursuing a gag order in connection with Daniels’ lawsuit against Cohen that attempts to negate a $130,000 hush payment and non-disclosure agreement he negotiated with her before the 2016 election. The agreement was designed to keep her quiet about an alleged affair she had with Trump a decade ago.
Avenatti has been engaged in a media campaign ever since he started representing Daniels, making near-daily media appearances to advocate for his client while inflaming critical coverage of Cohen.
In April, Cohen’s house, hotel and office were raided by the FBI and documents related to his financial dealings were seized, including those related to the $130,000 payment he made to Daniels.
Seems fair to me, but as we all know, it would just inflame Trump, who will take to Twitter to further dig himself into the defamation hole.
Avenatti continues to be my favorite player in this whole mess.
anyone heard from ghouliani lately? Did Emmet Flood pull him aside and tell him to STFU already?
Oh, I would love to see a gag order put on Trump and Giuliandrews. They would violate it at the speed of light. It would be like trying to put a gag order on a teething infant with colic to stop the child from crying, which is a pretty good description of Trump and Giuliandrews.
He’s doing political appearances on behalf of a GOP candidate.
His girlfriend apparently got him interested in supporting this guy.
His romantic life, if you can imagine such a thing, has lately been somewhat … consuming.