May 28 (UPI) -- Attorney Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty to stealing $300,000 from former client Stormy Daniels and attempting to extort more than $20 million from Nike in two separate cases Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge James Cott ordered Avenatti to have no contact with Daniels, born Stephanie Clifford, during the hearing and restricted his travel to the Central District of California and the greater New York City area.