Former CNN contributor, Mark Geragos, tears up the Cut and Run network for the dismissal caused by the controversial Avenatti

The well-known lawyer Mark Geragos criticized CNN in the wake of the broken ties with the network following Geragos' involvement in Michael Avenatti's alleged stratagem to extort millions of dollars from sports giant Nike.

"They should change their name to" Cut and Run Network, "Geragos said Tuesday on the podcast" The Adam Carolla Show ". "All their anchors have sent me a text message, which is as scandalized as me, after 20 years, a press conference is enough to immediately give them want to dissociate."

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm starting to tell stories about the cover that I've offered to this lame organization," added Geragos, who has represented a large number of prestigious clients, including Michael Jackson, Winona Ryder , Chris Brown. Colin Kaepernick and, more recently, the actor "Empire" Jussie Smollett. Geragos' comments were first reported by Mediaite.

The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press reported Monday that Geragos was the unidentified and unaccompanied co-conspirator with Avenatti, the former attorney of adult movie star Stormy Daniels who was charged on Monday with Extortion and other crimes. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York said that Avenatti and Geragos had met with Nike's lawyers on March 19 and had "threatened to disclose damaging information" if the company did not agree to their release. Payments of several million dollars, as well as a million payment to a customer Avenatti claims to represent.

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CNN announced Monday night that Geragos was no longer a contributor to the network. The next day, Chicago prosecutors dropped charges that Smollett allegedly fabricated a hate crime earlier this year, a development that Geragos said he had a "delightful irony."

"My phone exploded by their [CNN’s] The bookers and their presenters have all tried to get me back to talk about Jussie Smollett, "he told Carolla, comedian and former co-host of Comedy Central's" The Man Show. "He added," I think I've responded to one of them, which will remain nameless, "CNN is not exactly in my list of the top 10".

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Geragos, 61, later admitted that "the direction taken by the network is not something that I am really comfortable with," but added that CNN had recently renewed its contributor contract "and wished to multiply it.

CNN representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News's request for comment.

Lucia Suarez of Fox News contributed to this report.