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