The actress Mareli Miniutti gets a temporary restraining order against Michael Avenatti

The actress Mareli Miniutti received a temporary ban against Michael Avenatti after stating in court documents that she had seized and dragged her during a fight this month.

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"When the truth and the facts are fully disclosed, including the security camera images, I will be justified and many people and news agencies will owe me apologies as well as money. Completely false. Let's start with last week's TMZ reports, "wrote Avenatti.

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Avenatti is best known for representing Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, in her legal battle with President Trump. She said that she would abandon Avenatti as an attorney when he was found guilty of the charges.

In a statement filed Monday, Miniutti said that she was in a "romantic relationship" with Avenatti from October 2017 to November 13, 2018 and that they had lived together from January 2018 to that date.

According to the statement, she and Avenatti started arguing about the money on the night of November 13, and Avenatti called it "ungrateful and smiling bitch".

Miniutti also stated in his statement that he had hit her face with bed pillows and "grabbed the wrist of my right arm".

"The respondent tried to get me out of bed, which hurt my arm and wrist," the statement said.

In her statement, Miniutti stated that she had started sending SMS to a friend on her cell phone and that after a few minutes, Avenatti "m screamed on it and took me out. the phone from the hand and shouted: "It's my phone! and put it in his pocket.

According to the statement, Avenatti "then grabbed my right arm and dragged me out of bed. He dragged me to the floor of the apartment towards the public hallway. At the time, I wore only my underwear and a t-shirt and I had scratches on the bare skin on the side and leg. "

The statement added that "Avenatti" then grabbed my right arm and dragged me out of bed. He dragged me to the floor of the apartment towards the public hallway. At the time, I wore only my underwear and a t-shirt and I had scratches on the bare skin on the side and leg. "

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Miniutti said that she had started ringing at her neighbor's door and Avenatti had shouted at her, grabbed her by the arm again and brought her back into the apartment. Her statement stated that Avenatti had blocked the door, prevented her from leaving the apartment and refused to return her phone.

According to his statement, Miniutti was finally able to get out of the apartment and take the elevator service, and Avenatti followed him inland. Miniutti said that "Avenatti" repeatedly asked: "Do not do that Mareli, do not involve them. "

According to the statement, Miniutti would have gone to the reception, followed by Avenatti, who returned his phone. She said that people at the reception called for security reasons, who took her alone to another room to talk to her. She then called a friend who agreed to pick her up, she said.

"Once at home, I saw red marks on the left side. I called the police, who arrived and took my statement, "the statement continued.

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the arrest of Avenatti on November 14th. "We can confirm that today, LAPD detectives have arrested Michael Avenatti for suspicion of domestic violence. This is an ongoing investigation and we will provide more details as they become available, "the department said.

Avenatti did not respond to TheWrap's request for comment on the statement. But he has repeatedly appealed to Twitter to deny the wrongdoing.

"I'm looking forward to seeing my name clarified and revealing all the facts," he wrote on Monday. "I have NEVER abused a woman or committed domestic violence against anyone. Any claim to the contrary is completely false and fabricated. I am a target. And I will be exonerated.