Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Porn Video Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Indo Bokep Aug 24 Porn Video (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government's embezzlement case against Michael Avenatti, Indo Bokep giving the already Foto Porno convicted celebrity lawyer a temporary reprieve as he defends against Foto Porno a slew of criminal charges.
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District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Video Bokep California, Video Porno said Avenatti was Porn Sex entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related Foto Porno evidence.
Avenatti, Porn Video 50, Foto Telanjang who is representing himself, Video Porno had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Foto Porno and Porn Video that the failure to turn it over undermined Porn Video his ability to mount a defense.
The mistrial Foto Telanjang was confirmed in Bokep an email from the office of Acting U.S.
Attorney Tracy Wilkison in Los Angeles.
Selna found no evidence of intentional misconduct by prosecutors, Foto Telanjang according to The Recorder and Foto Telanjang Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Foto Porno another Foto Telanjang trial, Video Bokep but Avenatti may argue he cannot be retried because of double jeopardy.
The trial Video Bokep had lasted one month.
"Today is a good day for every person who believes that the Constitution means something," Avenatti said in a statement provided by his standby lawyer Dean Steward. "Laws and rules matter."
Avenatti was being tried on 10 Porn Video Foto Telanjang wire fraud charges for Foto Porno allegedly embezzling nearly $10 million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Foto Porno including bankruptcy, Video Bokep bank and Foto Porno tax fraud.
Avenatti shot from obscurity to fame Porn Sex in 2018 representing Porn Sex actress Stormy Daniels in Indo Bokep lawsuits against then-U.S.
President Donald Trump, Video Porno becoming a cable news fixture and Video Porno flirting with his own White House run.
His legal career ground to a halt in March 2019 when federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged him with trying to Foto Porno extort up to Porn Video $25 million from Nike Inc, Foto Telanjang and Foto Telanjang California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing Foto Telanjang his conviction and Porn Video 2-1/2-year prison sentence in the Porn Video Nike case.
He also faces a trial next year in Manhattan for Foto Telanjang allegedly Bokep cheating Daniels out of proceeds from a book contract. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Video Porno Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Video Porno Jonathan Oatis)
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