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Avenatti cites coronavirus threat in seeking jail release

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 7:04 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti asked Wednesday to be released temporarily from a federal jail, citing a recent bout with pneumonia, a sick cellmate and filthy jail conditions as reasons he is at high risk of getting the coronavirus.

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