myDeaconmyhand
First man to get a team of horses up Bear Mountain
They recorded him on the phone saying he didnt pay a recruit enough, that's about as "implicated" as it gets.
They recorded him on the phone saying he didnt pay a recruit enough, that's about as "implicated" as it gets.
So was it all #fakenews, or does this guy actually have anything legit to share?
So, if you're indicted for extortion, can you still go public with the information with which you were originally trying to extort?
So, if you're indicted for extortion, can you still go public with the information with which you were originally trying to extort?
At trial (or even before trial), everything is likely to be made public, but generally, the underlying truth of the information that the extorter was using to demand payment is not a defense to extortion.
If you know your neighbor is beating his wife and kids and if you threaten to go to the police with that knowledge unless he pays you $100K, you are still guilty of extortion even if he really was beating his wife and kids.
IOW, if the allegations are true, Avenatti should be locked up for being stupid, among other reasons.