The Latest: Nike statement says it `will not be extorted`
(WorldNews Sport)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Latest on the arrest of attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local): 1:51 p.m. A person familiar with details of the Michael Avenatti extortion investigation tells The Associated Press that celebrity attorney Mark Geragos is a co-conspirator in the case. Prosecutors say in court papers that an unnamed attorney joined Avenatti in demanding that Nike pay millions of dollars, or risk being embarrassed by a scandal involving its sponsorship of an amateur basketball team. They described the attorney as a co-conspirator but didn`t charge him with a crime. The person knowledgeable about the case tells the AP that co-conspirator was Geragos, a Los Angeles criminal defense...