By Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-manager Michael Avenatti, the former Stormy Daniels attorney, would-be presidential candidate, CNN pundit and convicted felon, , has been temporarily released from prison.
A federal judge in California said today that the pandemic concerns required that Avenatti should be released from a federal detention center in New York for 90 days.
He will be in quarantine for 14 days before moving to Los Angeles. Avenatti won his release when attorneys argued a recent bout with pneumonia left him vulnerable to the coronavirus.
The judge required Avenatti to post a $1 million bond, wear an electronic monitoring device and shelter in place at a friend’s house in Venice.
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