'That's exactly what it is, and that's what it's going to be shown to be: A stunt,' lawyer Michael Avenatti said about Nike extortion charges.
Michael Avenatti, facing extortion charges, upped the ante in his feud with Nike over the weekend, dumping 41 pages of documents which he claims are evidence showing the retailer"bribed players to attend 'Nike' colleges."
Nike said in a statement to CNBC that it won't respond to the latest Avenatti allegations, pointing to the fact that the celebrity lawyer currently faces fraud and extortion charges. At that same time, Avenatti was also separately charged in a second federal case in Los Angeles for embezzling a client's money"in order to pay his own expenses and debts," according to prosecutors.
Avenatti also made allegations claiming Zion Williamson's mother, Sharonda Sampson, received payments from Nike during her son's recruitment when he was attending high school in South Carolina. Williamson plays for the Duke Blue Devils.
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