{video} Federal prosecutors revealed a batch of new criminal charges against Michael Avenatti on Thursday, accusing the combative celebrity lawyer of embezzling $12 million from his clients to pay for personal expenses, a coffee business and a private jet. In an indictment revealed Thursday, prosecutors in Los Angeles charged that Avenatti embezzled $3.1 million from one client, a paraplegic man who had received a settlement from Los Angeles County. They said he used the money to finance his coffee business and to pay his personal expenses, ultimately giving his client only a fraction of his $4 million he was owed. ... (full story)