Michael Avenatti convicted of trying to extort Nike

[ugh]

@Scott_K

Who’s Franklin?

He’s a burgeoning soccer star

OK, I’ll be serious—he’s actually a b-ball coach, represented by Avenatti, with a youth program named for something you get from Taco Bell:

Gary Franklin, the youth basketball coach who Michael Avenatti represented, testified last week that he was bullied by Nike executives who forced him to make the illicit payments to top high school basketball players and their families. In 2018, the company ended its sponsorship of Franklin’s program, the California Supreme.

[jlargentaye]

Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries?

Edit: Yep!