Prosecutors Briefed Avenatti on NXIVM Case Last Week

(L) "Full Disclosure," a memoir by adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, is offered for sale at a Barnes&Noble store in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 2, 2018. (R) Lawyer Michael Avenatti speaks to the media outside the office of the LAPD after posting bail for domestic violence, Los Angeles, Nov. 14, 2018. Scott Olson/Getty Images; AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker

Department of Justice prosecutors last week briefed attorney Michael Avenatti and his alleged co-conspirator in the Nike extortion case, Mark Geragos, on the NXIVM secret society sex-trafficking case.

The bizarre twist in the NXIVM case, which involves billionaire Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman and “Smallville” actress Allison Mack, was revealed in a federal court in New York on March 27, with the judge asking Bronfman if she had retained Avenatti. Geragos is already representing Bronfman.