Michael Avenatti back on trial for allegedly stealing $300,000 from Stormy Daniels

Avenatti is accused in New York of stealing proceeds from a memoir.

The disgraced attorney who taunted former President Trump on cable television over comments he made about his porn star client will stand trial Monday in New York on charges he cheated her out of money.

Michael Avenatti allegedly stole the advance on Stormy Daniels’ 2018 memoir about her long-denied affair with Trump, federal prosecutors said. They accused Avenatti of using a falsified document to divert about $300,000 into his own account.

Avenatti pleaded not guilty.

Daniels, an adult film actress whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is expected to be the government’s star witness in Avenatti’s trial in Manhattan federal court.