Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Bokep Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Bokep Aug 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government's embezzlement case against Michael Avenatti, Porn Sex 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, Indo Bokep California, Bokep said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Video Bokep 50, Video Bokep who is representing himself, Video Bokep had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Indo 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, Porn Sex according to The Recorder and Porn Sex Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Video Bokep another trial, Foto Telanjang but Avenatti may argue he cannot Porn Video 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 Indo Bokep allegedly embezzling nearly $10 million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Foto Porno including bankruptcy, Porn Sex bank and Foto Porno 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, Indo Bokep becoming a cable news fixture and Foto Telanjang 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 Foto Telanjang California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Indo Bokep 2-1/2-year prison sentence in the Nike case.
He also faces a trial next year in Manhattan for Video Bokep allegedly cheating Daniels out of proceeds from a book contract. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Foto Porno Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Porn Video Jonathan Oatis)
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