A federal judge has tossed attorney Michael Avenatti’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its coverage of his 2018 arrest on suspicion of domestic violence
Avenatti, whose representation of Stormy Daniels made him a ubiquitous media presence as a pugnacious foe of President Donald Trump, was recently sentenced to 30 months in prison on charges that he plotted to extort Nike in a separate case. A trial was started last month on charges that he embezzled funds from clients, which he has denied.
The judge, though, said that some of the statements made about his arrest — like Laura Ingraham joking that he had a “heck of a right hook” — were opinion, not facts. “Avenatti was not merely accused—he was arrested and taken into custody,” Bibas wrote. “Police are supposed to [have] good reason to arrest people. So to the average reader, the ‘gist’ and the ‘sting’ would be the same had Defendants reported only that he was arrested for suspected domestic violence.” Bibas also dismissed Avenatti’s other claims that Fox News knowingly lied about other details.
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