# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-avenatti
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:06:50.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-avenatti"
name: "Michael Avenatti"
slug: "michael-avenatti"
description: "Michael John Avenatti is an American former attorney currently incarcerated for felony fraud and extortion. He is best known for his legal representation of adult film actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then U.S. President Donald Trump, and his multiple convictions for attempting to extort sports apparel company Nike and defrauding and embezzling settlement money from a series of other clients. In the late 2010s, Avenatti appeared extensively on television and in print as a legal and political commentator, and as a representative for prominent clients."
tagline: "American attorney"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Avenatti.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1971-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.785565333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 157
totalFollowers: 492
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MichaelAvenatti"
    handle:    "MichaelAvenatti"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.michaelavenatti.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michaelavenatti/"
    handle:    "michaelavenatti"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/michaelavenatti"
    handle:    "michaelavenatti"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-avenatti-44ab1a1a/"
    handle:    "michael-avenatti-44ab1a1a"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5070477/"
    handle:    "nm5070477"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdW6YcEU4qJ5_joV39Xjxyw"
    handle:    "@michaelavenattiofficial"
    followers: 492
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "مايكل أفيناتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "مايكل افيناتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avenatti"
    title: "Michael Avenatti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avenatti"
    title: "Michael Avenatti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avenatti"
    title: "Michael Avenatti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A2%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "مایکل آوناتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avenatti"
    title: "Michael Avenatti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avenatti"
    title: "Michael Avenatti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43380465"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2297641"
    title: "Michael Avenatti"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump