Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Foto Porno Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Video Porno Aug 24 (Reuters) - Indo Bokep A federal judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government's embezzlement case against Michael Bokep Avenatti, Indo Bokep 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, Bokep California, Porn Sex said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Video Porno 50, Bokep who is representing himself, Porn Sex had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Indo Bokep and Video Porno 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, Video Porno according to Indo Bokep The Recorder and Indo Bokep Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Indo Bokep 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 Porn Sex allegedly embezzling nearly $10 Video Porno million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional Foto Porno charges in California, Foto Porno including bankruptcy, Indo Bokep bank and Foto Telanjang tax fraud.
Avenatti shot from obscurity to fame in 2018 representing Porn Video actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then-U.S.
President Donald Trump, Video Bokep becoming a cable news fixture Video Porno and Indo Bokep 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, Porn Sex and Video Porno California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Foto Porno 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 Foto Porno Jonathan Stempel; Porn Sex Editing Video Bokep by Noeleen Bokep Walder and Video Bokep Jonathan Oatis)
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