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Bechard contends that Davidson improperly shared the information, and that Avenatti should have been fully aware that the information he allegedly received from Davidson was supposed to remain secret.

Avenatti didn’t use any names in his tweet but the next day, the Wall Street Journal published an article revealing the existence of the deal between Broidy and Bechard, and the role played by Cohen on behalf of Broidy.

“Mr. Avenatti's decision to receive confidential information about Ms. Bechard from her attorney,” Bechard’s complaint reads, “including the existence and terms of the Settlement Agreement was, if Mr. Broidy's allegations are correct, accomplished through unlawful and unethical means including complicity in Mr. Davidson's violation of ethical duties owed to Ms. Bechard.”

Avenatti has already fired back Tuesday on Twitter, in response to Bechard’s attorney, Peter Stris, who posted a copy of the redacted complaint: “It was really big of you to release this when you should have never filed the original complaint under seal to begin with. When I am ultimately exonerated in this case because I did nothing wrong, I am coming after you, your firm and your client for malicious prosecution. Good luck.”

It is really big of you to release this when you should have never filed the original complaint under seal to begin with. When I am ultimately exonerated in this case because I did nothing wrong, I am coming after you, your firm, & your client for malicious prosecution. Good luck

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) July 31, 2018

Stris also represented McDougal in her lawsuit against National Enquirer publisher AMI, Inc., which settled earlier this year.

Avenatti previously told ABC News that Bechard’s claims against him were without merit.

“[Davidson] did not tell me that the agreement was confidential. He did not tell me that I shouldn’t say anything about it,” Avenatti said. “I didn’t owe her any duty. I was never told to keep it confidential, and I owed her nothing. Her beef lies with Mr. Davidson.”

Davidson has previously denied the allegations leveled by Broidy in the Wall Street Journal and by Bechard in the complaint. A spokesman for Davidson told ABC News earlier this month that Davidson “has never breached any agreement or client confidentiality in this case. Any accusation to the contrary is false and defamatory.”

“Helping his client achieve a $1.6-million settlement is a pretty impressive achievement given the facts of this case,” Paul Berra, Davidson's attorney, told the Los Angeles Times. “I mean, she wasn’t kidnapped.”

In a statement to ABC News, Berra said, \"Ms. Bechard's claim that my client disclosed confidential information is not true. The Wall Street Journal published the details of her relationship with Broidy and the settlement -- not Davidson. Broidy was wrong to stop making the installment payments, and everyone in this case knows it.\"

Bechard’s lawsuit seeks compensatory damages from all defendants, full payment from Broidy on an expedited schedule, a disgorgement or reduction in Davidson’s fees and punitive damages against Davidson.

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