Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Bokep Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Video Porno Aug 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government's embezzlement case against Michael Avenatti, Foto Porno 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, Video Porno said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had Indo Bokep failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Bokep 50, Video Bokep who is representing himself, Bokep had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Bokep and Foto 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 Bokep according Video Bokep to The Recorder and Foto Porno 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 Dean Steward. "Laws and rules matter."
Avenatti was being Foto Porno tried on 10 wire fraud charges for Video 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 Bokep tax fraud.
Avenatti shot Porn Video from obscurity to Foto Porno fame in 2018 representing Porn Sex actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then-U.S.
President Donald Trump, Video Porno becoming a cable news fixture and Bokep flirting with his own White House run.
Porn Sex His legal career ground to a halt in March 2019 when federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged him with trying to extort Video Bokep up to $25 million from Nike Inc, Bokep and Bokep California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Foto Telanjang 2-1/2-year prison sentence in the Nike case.
Bokep He also faces a trial next year in Manhattan for Bokep allegedly cheating Daniels out of proceeds from a Porn Sex book contract. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Porn Video Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Walder Foto Telanjang and Video Porno Jonathan Oatis)
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