>"b) Avenatti knows there's no hard evidence on Zion's mom and
>just wants to tarnish Nike/Zion publicly out of spite before
>heading to jail."
>
>Again, the threat came before the criminal charges against
>him

He didn't mention Zion before the criminal charges. He just mentioned he had documents on players. No specific players were mentioned before the charges were brought.

>You don't find it strange that he threatened to make the allegations at a press conference >during the tourney...and THEN he's arrested...?"

Maybe I don't understand the question. No, I don't find it weird that the FBI let Avenatti take his blackmail to a grander, more public scale before letting him know he's being charged. They wanted to catch the guy in the act. I feel like this is part of every cop show ever.