Michael Avenatti charged with defrauding former client Stormy Daniels

Michael Avenatti, the celebrity lawyer, has been charged with defrauding porn star Stormy Daniels, whom he represented in her legal battle with Donald Trump. Mr Avenatti became a regular on cable news programmes as he championed Ms Daniels' case against the president and at one point even pondered running for the White House himself.  But the 48-year-old was charged on Wednesday with doctoring a document to divert about $300,000 (£236,800) that Ms Daniels was supposed to get from