Michael Avenatti’s estranged wife is becoming increasingly frustrated with his Stormy Daniels case because it is holding up their divorce, it has been revealed.
On Friday, Avenatti’s resortwear entrepreneur wife Lisa Storie told of her frustrations.
‘I need to be divorced and if [Michael Avenatti] continues to paint the narrative, he can ignore our case!
‘Everyone reports we are divorced. That does not help my goal to get a divorce.
‘Can you imagine divorcing him?’ she told Fox News.
The narrative she was referring to was her ex’s ongoing pursuit of President Trump and Michael Cohen on behalf of Daniels who says she slept with Trump in 2006 and who took $130,000 from his attorney to keep quiet about it before the election.
Lisa Storie is Michael Avenatti’s estranged, 47-year-old wife. She said on Friday that he is holding up their divorce with his ongoing case on behalf of Stormy Daniels
Avenatti has led a media campaign on her behalf and is dogged about keeping his case in the headlines.
It has cast a long shadow over his ongoing divorce from Storie, 47, who lives Newport Beach, California.
Avenatti filed for divorce himself in December in Orange County.
His wife previously filed in Los Angeles but the case was dismissed in November. Both happened after she kicked him out of their home and changed the locks. Her reasons are unknown but on Friday she demanded: ‘Tell me where our money and his time has been spent.’
Storie said she would be ‘happy’ for her husband to move on with a ‘nice woman’ like Christie Brinkley, who he was tangibly linked to, but threw shade on his famous, Trump-bashing client.
Storie is the founder of the swimwear line Ikaria Resortwear, a celebrity-adored clothing line. She is running a loss on the business and has personal expenses of $25,000-a-month, according to their divorce records
Michael Avenatti, his estranged wife claims, is ‘painting the narrative’ of his case on behalf of porn star Stormy Daniels. His ex says porn stars are not his type and there is nothing going on between the pair but she will not reveal the reason for their divorce
‘I’d be more than happy if he dated a nice woman. Better than porn stars,’ she said, hastily adding that there was nothing romantic between her husband and Daniels.
‘Porn star is not his type if that’s what you want to know. No story here except what you see on TV,’ she added.
Since Avenatti filed in December, the pair have been batting back and forth in court and the fight has laid their extravagant lifestyle bare.
Avenatti, 47, is fighting for joint custody of the couple’s three-year-old son.
The street view of Avenatti’s home in Newport Beach is shown with his Mercedes G Wagon. It backs onto a lake. According to real estate records, it sold at the start of the month for $17million
He spends $40,000-a-month on Ferrari Spyder, Mercedes G Wagon, a private plane and its pilot, and trips to a MedSpa where he spends $1,000.
The pair lived together in Via Lido Nord, Newport Beach, in a sprawling, waterfront home which sold at the start of the month for $17.25million.
Beforehand, they were paying $100,000 a month to keep it and $14,000 a month for an apartment in Los Angeles, the court papers reveal.
Storie also spends thousands a month at a MedSpa.
Her business, Ikaria Resortwear, is making a loss despite being adored by reality TV stars and Instagram stars.
Storie is Avenatti’s second wife. They married in 2011. Little about her is known other than she attended
Storie will not say what prompted her to change the locks on their home and throw her husband out last year
Avenatti, 47, also spends thousands on a MedSpa every month, according to the divorce records
Storie’s personal expenses total $25,000 a month and include cash for shopping, gifts and socializing, along with $12,000 a month on nannies for their three-year-old son.
At an event for her swimwear line in October last year, she proudly sported her large engagement and wedding rings.
There, she posed with former Real Housewives of Miami stars to have her photograph taken.
Avenatti did not respond to DailyMail.com’s questions about the divorce on Friday afternoon.
He told the Fox reporter who spoke with his wife: ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about.’