The Supreme Court won’t hear former attorney Michael Avenatti’s appeal over his conviction for misappropriating nearly $300,000 in book proceeds earmarked for his former client, adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels.
Avenatti represented Clifford in a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. Daniels said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, a claim he has denied.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee going up against Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the election on Nov. 5, was convicted in May on New York state charges relating to falsifying business records to conceal a payment made to Clifford so she would not publicly discuss the alleged affair….