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Swetnick Declaration Not an Affidavit

An affidavit is a written statement that an affiant or deponent swears to be true before an authorized party such as a notary public. A declaration is a written statement of belief that does not require swearing before an authority. I have seen the images Avenatti posted of a declaration over the signature of Swetnick and of a declaration Avenatti posted on Facebook from another woman backing the accusations by Swetnick and Ford with that declarant's name blacked out. Both Swetnick and the unnamed declarant separately told NBC that they signed the declarations without reading them and said that when they read them afterwards what he wrote in the declarations was not what they told Avenatti when they spoke with him.

Swetnick Unsworn Declaration (not an affidavit) https://web.archive.org/web/20210125062606/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-09-25%20Swetnick%20Declaration.pdf

28 U.S.C. § 1746 Unsworn Declarations Under Penalty of Perjury "Wherever, under any law of the United States or under any rule, regulation, order, or requirement made pursuant to law, any matter is required or permitted to be supported, evidenced, established, or proved by the sworn declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath, or affidavit, in writing of the person making the same (other than a deposition, or an oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public), such matter may, with like force and effect, be supported, evidenced, established, or proved by the unsworn declaration, certificate, verification, or statement, in writing of such person which is subscribed by him, as true under penalty of perjury, and dated ..."

--Naaman Brown (talk) 15:15, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc.

Hi I am a little new to wikipedia but if anyone knows about the case, Michael at the time was a law student and wanted to help out with the Leonard v. Pepsioco, Inc case as it was developing and proposed a smear campaign against Pepsi to be used for the case. He was a critical character in the recent Netflix movie "Pepsi where's my Jet?"

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/19/pepsi-wheres-my-jet-netflix-pepsi-point-scandal/ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/18/pepsi-wheres-my-jet-review-the-oddly-dull-tale-of-a-man-who-sued-a-soft-drink-for-a-weaponised-plane 108.26.206.157 (talk) 06:01, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has a Pepsi Points Case article Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc. (created 13 Jun 2005, edits to 22 Nov 2022) that appsrntently does not consider Avenatti's 1996 involvement in the case notable. He does appear in the movie Pepsi, Where My Jet? as himself so it is a notable bit of trivia there (Leonard balked at Avenatti’s proposed heavy-handed tactics and they were not part of the Leonard v Pepsico case as presented in court, as best I can figure). -- Naaman Brown (talk) 19:20, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It seems it was actually Hoffman who had a problem with the strategy, rather than Leonard. But Leonard backed Hoffman over Avenatti due to loyalty (Hoffman was there from the start, a long time friend, and had financed Leonard’s business). Even though he chose Hoffman’s strategy, he felt that Avenatti’s strategy was more advantageous and was leaning towards it. 2A02:C7C:5249:3500:410A:D910:CC89:B343 (talk) 15:19, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Porn lawyer" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Porn lawyer has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 March 8 § Porn lawyer until a consensus is reached. An anonymous username, not my real name 01:11, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence

The infobox claims that Avenatti is serving a 20.5 year sentence. From the articles I read I believe that the Nike and Daniels sentences are partially consecutive, meaning that he is serving a 19 year sentence. Sorakatana8 (talk) 16:12, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]