High-profile US lawyer Michael Avenatti has been charged with defrauding his client Stormy Daniels of about $300,000 (£237,000). Mr Avenatti allegedly used a doctored document to divert the money which the pornstar was supposed to get from a book deal. He then used the cash for personal and business expenses, prosecutors in New York said. Of the estimated $300,000 (£237,000) diverted, only half has been paid back, the prosecutors claimed. Ms Daniels is not named in the court filing, but the details of the case made it clear that she is the client involved in the case. Mr Avenatti denied the allegations on Twitter. “No monies relating to Ms Daniels were ever misappropriated or mishandled,” he wrote. “She received millions of dollars worth of legal services and we spent huge sums in expenses “She directly paid only 100.00 for all that she received. I look forward to a jury hearing the evidence,” he wrote. Mr Avenatti represented Ms Daniels when she sued to be released from a nondisclosure agreement involving an alleged tryst with Donald Trump. The latest charges pile on top of previous allegations of legal misconduct by Mr Avenatti. Mr Avenatti was previously charged in New York with trying…