Nike says it won't respond to 'allegations of an individual facing federal charges of fraud and extortion and aid in his disgraceful attempts to distract from the athletes on the court at the height of the tournament.'
Nike says it won't respond to the latest allegations by celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti that the sneaker maker made illicit payments to the families of high school athletes to lure them to certain"Nike" colleges, including that of now Duke University player Zion Williamson.
"This evidence is now in the hands of law enforcement," he said."Still waiting for Nike to deny they paid bribes and lied to the government for years about it. They know they did it and are guilty as hell." This all comes after Avenatti, who has gained widespread notoriety in the past year for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump and his former lawyer Michael Cohen, was arrested and charged in New York in March for trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike by threatening to take his allegations public.
"Nike will not respond to the allegations of an individual facing federal charges of fraud and extortion and aid in his disgraceful attempts to distract from the athletes on the court at the height of the tournament," a Nike spokesperson told CNBC in a statement in response to Avenatti's tweets."Nike will continue its cooperation with the government's investigation into grassroots basketball and the related extortion case.
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