Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Bokep Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Foto Telanjang Aug 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government's embezzlement case against Michael Avenatti, Foto Telanjang giving the already convicted celebrity lawyer a temporary reprieve as he defends against a slew of criminal charges.
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District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Video Bokep California, Video Porno said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed Foto Telanjang to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Video Porno 50, Porn Video who is representing himself, Indo Bokep had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Foto Porno 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, Foto Telanjang according to The Recorder and Bokep Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Bokep another trial, Bokep 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 Video Bokep Dean Steward. "Laws and rules matter."
Avenatti was being tried on 10 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 Telanjang including bankruptcy, Porn Sex bank and Bokep tax fraud.
Avenatti shot from obscurity to fame in 2018 representing Porn Video actress Stormy Daniels in Video Porno lawsuits Porn Video against then-U.S.
President Donald Trump, Foto Porno becoming a cable news fixture and Porn Sex 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 extort up to $25 million from Nike Inc, Video Porno and Porn Sex 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 Foto Porno allegedly cheating Daniels out of proceeds from a book contract. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Porn Sex Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Foto Telanjang Jonathan Oatis)
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