Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Porn Video Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Indo Bokep 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 Bokep defends against a slew of criminal charges.
U.S.
District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Bokep California, Foto Porno said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Porn Sex 50, Foto Telanjang who is representing himself, Foto Telanjang had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Foto Telanjang 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, Porn Sex according to The Recorder and Bokep Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Video Porno another trial, Video Porno 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 Indo Bokep allegedly embezzling nearly $10 million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Porn Sex including bankruptcy, Video Porno bank and Video Porno 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, Foto Porno becoming a cable news fixture and Video Bokep flirting with his own White House run.
His legal career ground to a halt in March 2019 when federal prosecutors Bokep in Manhattan charged him with trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike Inc, Video Porno and Video Porno California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Porn Sex 2-1/2-year prison sentence in the Nike case.
He also faces a trial next year in Manhattan for Indo Bokep 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 Indo Bokep Jonathan Oatis)
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