He's not real smart in the heat of the moment. That "she hit me first" remark.... it sealed his fate. He just admitted to felonious assault. He could have walked away. Self defense is not gonna fly. Karma's a bitch.
Yeah, dude strikes me as a hot head...though alternatively one could argue he knew it was unavoidable that it'd be proven so wanted to be on record for other witnesses to attest that he claimed self-defense in the moment. Only thing that could save him now is security cameras....or just brush it off like Trump somehow seems to do, and Avenatti's been able to some extent.
Fuck Avenatti, he caused more damage than he helped. he is an opportunist asshole. Hope he gets the justice he deserves.
He gets a bad rep; dems want to make him a scapegoat and blame Kavanaugh confirmation on him as if repubs weren't going to vote the guy in anyway. He is an opportunistic asshole though...just the guy the dems need.
I don't think you can claim self defense and hit your wife just because she hit you first. I think it would depend on whether your wife was intending to do real harm and was capable of doing it. His wife is almost 50 and seems small and not large boned. Most likely she was not going to do damage if he defended himself. If he hit her hard enough to do damage he is a loser.
Making his stunt even dumber. It was his stunt with his non credible client that probably turned the public's opinion and saved the Senate for Republicans.
Of course he can't claim self defense by hitting back. Gimmee a break. He could have put his arms up, blocked anything she threw at him, and simply walked away. He's fucking toast. What a pussy.