Trump throws Michael Avenatti in El Chapo’s former cell in Manhattan, won't allow him to shave or use the phone

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Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was transferred from a federal lockup in California to the notorious Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan last week — and is now being held in Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s former cell, it was revealed Monday.

Avenatti’s attorney claimed in court papers filed Monday that he’s being held in solitary confinement in the “Special Housing Unit on the notorious 10-South of the MCC-New York.”

His lawyers pleaded with a judge to release him to general population in the prison, arguing he could not prepare for his trial in those conditions.

“He is in a cell reportedly once occupied by El Chapo, on a floor that houses individuals charged with terrorism offenses,” Avenatti’s attorney, Scott Srebnick, wrote.

“The temperature in his cell feels like it is in the mid-40s. He is forced to sleep with three blankets. Not surprisingly, he has been having great difficulty functioning.”

Srebnick noted that Avenatti is being held on lockdown for 24 hours a day, with a guard keeping watch from outside his cell and two cameras trained on him at all times.

He is also not allowed to shave and has only been allowed two social phone calls since he was transferred to the facility.

Avenatti is being held without bail