He potentially faces more than 300 years in prison on 36 criminal charges in the California case, including for stealing millions of dollars from clients, lying to the Internal Revenue Service and a bankruptcy court, and defrauding a bank.
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In a filing with the federal court in Santa Ana, California, Avenatti said he wanted to plead guilty “to be accountable; accept responsibility; avoid his former clients being further burdened; save the court and the government significant resources; and save his family further embarrassment.”
The filing did not say how many or which charges Avenatti wanted to plead guilty to.
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