Avenatti Spectacle Still Waxing

I don’t read or watch the news any more, but I can’t seem to avoid seeing little bits of it. The most amazing phenomenon I am currently aware of: the self-inflicted implosion of Michael Avenatti.

I used to think he was just brash and obnoxious. Now I think he’s mentally ill and probably controlled by demons. No human being could be stupid enough to do the things he has done, without supernatural help.

Today I read that he is accused of stealing $300,000 from Stormy Daniels. People call her a porn star; I consider her a prostitute. I don’t think you can be a star and be in porn; porn is for people who didn’t make it when they set out to be real stars. To me, she’s a prostitute, because she has sex for money. The fact that she does it on camera doesn’t make a difference to me. It’s strange that the law doesn’t see porn actors as prostitutes. If you robbed a bank while making a movie, in the eyes of the law, you’d be guilty of robbery.

Anyway, the prosecutor who is handling the case says Avenatti took $300,000 that belonged to Daniels and spent it on his own expenses, including personal expenses.

Bar associations blow off a lot of complaints, but there are some things they take very seriously, and messing with a client’s money is at the top of the list. If Avenatti is found guilty, he can forget about practicing law anywhere, ever again. He’ll probably do prison time.

I know a lawyer who was convicted of stealing about $100,000 from clients. He got 10 years, and in Florida, “10 years” means at least 8.5. He was hoping for some kind of deal to keep him out of prison. No dice. Judges don’t like crooked lawyers. You can kill someone in a bar fight and get less time.

It didn’t help that he didn’t seem to take the case seriously. At a hearing, the judge asked him how far he had gotten in school, and he said, “nineteenth grade.” When a judge holds your future in his hands, you want him to understand that you are deeply ashamed and that there is nothing you will not do to make him happy.

I decided to look at Avenatti’s famous, blustery Twitter account, to see if he had toned his act down after being charged with so many crimes. I learned that he had made his account private. More irrational behavior. Avenatti is a rabid self-promoter, and that’s why he uses Twitter, so why limit the audience? Some of his crazy tweets still leak out, and it appears that a high risk of prison time has done nothing to abate his rage.

What happened to this guy? He was first in his class at a top law school, and now he acts like he’s on bath salts.

I think he’s going to be put away. He has been charged with multiple crimes, and he is not acting like a defendant who feels remorse. Prosecutors don’t file charges they don’t think they can prove, and given the sheer volume of Avenatti’s alleged offenses, something is likely to stick.

I understand self-destruction, because I’ve been guilty of it, but I don’t understand pouring gas on the fire after it starts.

One of my former pastors was exposed as a molester. The victim’s mother told him that if he quit preaching, she wouldn’t try to have him prosecuted. He confessed to the church (after being exposed on Facebook) and stepped down. Then he changed his mind and went back to work. Not long after that, the cops showed up, and now he’s doing three years. Ordinarily, the thing that would amaze me most was that he would do what he did, to a six-year-old. Under the circumstances, however, the thing that stands out to me is that he remained defiant when he knew what would happen.

Avenatti reminds me of him.

When things don’t make sense, look for a supernatural cause. People are getting crazier. We’re just seeing the sharp end of the nail. It’s going to get much, much worse.

I wonder what insane things I would have done, and how much trouble I would have gotten in, had I not decided to let God change me.

I am trying to avoid pride and self-righteousness, so I will pray for Avenatti (again). One has to wonder if prison will sober him up. My guess is that it won’t. Some people are so pride, they are immune to correction.