AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Attorney Michael Avenatti is accused of embezzling $1.5 million from Miami Heat player Hassan Whiteside in 2017, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. Whiteside had wired Avenatti $2.75 million in January 2017 to cover the majority of a $3 million settlement with his ex-girlfriend, Alexis Gardner, who Avenatti was repping at the time.