Avenatti denies LA domestic violence

MICHAEL AVENATTI, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, has denied allegations of domestic violence after his arrest near his ritzy Los Angeles skyscraper apartment.

“I have never struck a woman, I never will strike a woman,” Avenatti told reporters Wednesday after being booked and posting US$50,000 bail.

Avenatti said he has been an advocate for women’s rights his entire career and is confident that he will be exonerated.

Police didn’t immediately disclose details about the arrest incident, but Officer Tony Im, an LAPD spokesman, said the victim has visible injuries.

Earlier, he released a statement through his law firm slamming the allegation as “completely bogus” and intended to harm his reputation.

Avenatti became famous representing Daniels, the porn actress who alleges that she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006 and has sued to invalidate the confidentiality agreement she signed days before the 2016 presidential election that prevents her discussing it. She also sued Trump and his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, alleging defamation.

Avenatti, who has said he’s mulling a 2020 presidential run, pursued the president and those close to him relentlessly for months, taunting Trump in interviews and baiting him and his lawyers in tweets.

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AP Michael Avenatti speaks to the media outside the Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Division after posting bail for a felony domestic violence charge on Wednesday, November 14.