Avenatti’s first scheduled appearance involves charges that he tried to shake down athletic gear giant Nike for $20 million. He is then set to be arraigned before a different judge for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his former client Stormy Daniels, a porn star who allegations claim had an affair with President Trump. In the Nike case, Avenatti is charged with one count of extortion, one count of sending interstate communications with intent to extort and two counts of conspiracy, while in the Stormy Daniels case, he is charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Together, if convicted, he could face a total of 69 years in prison. © AP Photo / Michael Owen Baker ‘Porn Lawyer’ Michael Avenatti Arrested, Charged With Extortion, Bank Fraud The defendant lawyer told The New York Post that he will plead not guilty in both cases. “I want to face a jury in both New York cases as soon as reasonably possible, and when I do, I will be exonerated,” he said in an email last week. He initially was arrested on March 25 at a New York law firm where he had scheduled a meeting with Nike executives. Six days earlier, prosecutors said, Avenatti and a co-conspirator identified by several news outlets as celebrity attorney Mark Geragos met with attorneys for Nike on March 19 and “threatened to release…