Michael Cohen and nemesis, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, have run-in at NYC restaurant Avra

Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen had a run in with Michael Avenatti in an upscale eatery Avra, on the Upper East Side of New York.

The post restaurant is frequented by New York power players, but this was a moment when worlds collided, as Cohen is locked in a contentious legal, and media battle with Avenatti. 

The powerful attorneys are currently in litigation over Avenatti’s client, porn star Stormy Daniels hush money payment made to her in 2016, by Trump’s attorney, to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with a not-yet-president Trump in 2006.

Michael Avenatti the attorney for Stormy Daniels had a run-in with Donald Trump's attorney Michael Cohen (pictured Saturday) at an upscale Manhattan eatery

Michael Avenatti (left, pictured Friday) the attorney for Stormy Daniels had a run-in with Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen (right, pictured Saturday) at an upscale Manhattan eatery 

Avra on Madison (pictured) is the location of a bizarre New York City run in between Cohen and Avanetti 

Avra on Madison (pictured) is the location of a bizarre New York City run in between Cohen and Avanetti 

Cohen (pictured Saturday) was back in the area of the Upper East Side, when he and his son Jake went to the Lowes Regency Hotel

Cohen (pictured Saturday) was back in the area of the Upper East Side, when he and his son Jake went to the Lowes Regency Hotel

They each sat with their own parties and ‘introduced themselves . . . they shook hands,’ an Avra source told the New York Post. The source added the interaction wasn’t tense either.  

Avra, on Madison Avenue, is known for it’s high end Greek cuisine with an emphasis on fresh seafood. 

It is an unusual place to run into someone considering the massive space it takes up with over 300 seats, in bi-level seating areas.

The source did not give an exact timeline of when this run-in occurred, but the men have been duking it out in the press in recent weeks, and their ongoing fight was spurred on again in a tweet by Avenatti Friday night.

Daniels’ attorney says Cohen orchestrated a protest against him in Florida, and then mocked the small turnout.  

‘The ‘fixer’ Mr. Cohen (aka the real Ray Donovan) organized a protest — BIGLY — in Florida last night against my client,’ Avenatti tweeted.

Trolling: Avenatti hit out at Cohen Saturday, accusing him of setting up a poorly attended protest against his client, Stormy Daniels, in Florida on Friday 

Trolling: Avenatti hit out at Cohen Saturday, accusing him of setting up a poorly attended protest against his client, Stormy Daniels, in Florida on Friday 

Earlier Friday, during Cohen’s a court proceeding regarding the FBI raid on his offices in New York on Monday, Trump’s personal attorney argued the documents and information seized endangered the confidentiality of information that might be unrelated to the FBI’s investigation. 

Stormy Daniels’s attorney asked to join in on the hearing, as he said he believes items seized were in regards to his client. 

‘We have every reason to believe that some of the documents that were seized relate to my client,’ Avenatti told the court. Judge Wood approved his request to be heard in the closed meeting.

 



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