Things are not looking good for Michael Avenatti. His ex-girlfriend Mareli Miniutti says he violently dragged her out of bed and called her a 'f--king bitch.'
Mareli Miniutti, described as an "aspiring actress" by CNN, gained a restraining order against celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, whom she claims physically and verbally assaulted her.
Miniutti says she was in a relationship with Avenatti and living with him, and accuses him of hitting her face with pillows, shouting that she was an "ungrateful fu**ing bitch," and dragging her body across the floor.
Avenatti was arrested last week by police in Los Angeles as a suspect of felony domestic violence, and released on bail the same day he was arrested. He denies having been violent against any woman ever, and has not been charged with a crime.
CNN and other news organizations today confirm that Miniutti is the woman who is the alleged victim in last week's much-covered arrest. Avenatti would probably claim that he's the victim, but I digress.
I also spoke with Mareli Miniutti's husband, Michael Miniutti. He told me: "In Mareli's defense, she was never aggressive. She never put me in an aggressive state of mind or anything like that. She's a very calm, well-mannered, respectful individual. Very polite. Classy woman."
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) November 20, 2018
Read the restIn a declaration filed as part of the request for a restraining order in Los Angeles Superior Court, Miniutti, 24, said she and Avenatti had been dating since October 2017 and living together since January of this year.
