Michael Avenatti Accuses Nike of Bribing Zion Williamson To Sign With Duke (TWEETS)

April 6, 2019, 1:42pm EST (Updated: December 23, 2022, 6:29pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

Michael Avenatti might be going down soon, but he is making sure that everybody is going right along with him.

The celebrity attorney found himself under arrest back in March for allegedly attempting to extort Nike for $20 million, because he knew some info that they did not want to get out.

On Twitter — Avenatti tossed Duke freshman Zion Williamson under the bus in a social media firestorm where he stated a Nike executive bribed Williamson and over 100 other high school basketball athletes over the past four years to play for Swoosh-sponsored programs.

He even claimed Zion’s mother received money from Nike during her son’s recruitment to attend Duke.

1/3 – Carlton DeBose, a Nike executive, has bribed over 100 high school players over the last 4 years to play college basketball at colleges affiliated with Nike as opposed to other schools. He has used bogus invoices and countless coaches to further the scheme & deliver the $…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 5, 2019

2/3 – Nike’s most senior execs knew about it and looked the other way, as did many of the colleges. Nike also undertook large efforts to hide it from the NCAA & federal investigators. Some colleges lost out on some of the best high school recruits because of Nike’s bribes…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 5, 2019

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3/3 – If I am lying, @nike should issue a stmt immediately stating no such payments were ever made and calling me out. They won’t because they know it is 100% true and they covered-up for years.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 5, 2019

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Was it fair for some colleges to lose out on recruits because Nike had bribed the recruits with illegal payments so they would play at other “Nike” schools? Was it fair for Nike to take advantage of the players and their families by paying the bribes and then demanding loyalty?
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 5, 2019

.@DukeMBB – About this denial by Coach K the other day relating to payments by Nike…Can you please ask Zion Williamson’s mother – Sharonda Sampson – whether she was paid by @nike for bogus “consulting services” in 2016/17 as part of a Nike bribe to get Zion to go to Duke? Thx.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 6, 2019

I almost forgot – long day – @DukeMBB can you also have your close friends at @Nike check their Nike Vendor Portal for payments to “Sharonda Sampson Consulting”. Just search 2016 to the present. Appreciate it.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 6, 2019

Tmrw promises to be exciting. To those who thought I would curl up in the fetal position, you haven’t been paying attention the last 18 months and you clearly know nothing about how I am built. #ManInTheArena
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 6, 2019

I’m still waiting for @nike to call me a liar and state they have not been bribing players for years to go to “Nike” colleges in violation of countless federal criminal statutes…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 6, 2019

1/2 – Here is a link to only SOME of the evidence showing Nike bribed players to attend "Nike" colleges. This evidence is now in the hands of law enforcement. Nike bribed over 100 players as part of their scheme and purposely hid the payments from the NCAA & fed investigators…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 6, 2019

2/2 – Nike should be criminally indicted on well over 200 counts and should also explain why they misled their investors/the SEC. If I'm lying or the docs are not legit, I challenge @nike to issue a stmt claiming no bribes were ever paid. Just Do It Nike!https://t.co/4gi8MQRcQB
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 6, 2019

Preliminary hearings for Avenatti vs. Nike are set to begin in New York on April 25.