Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Video Porno 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, Video 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 Video California, Video Porno said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Video Bokep 50, Video Porno who is representing himself, Bokep had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Indo Bokep and Video Bokep 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 Foto Porno tentative Bokep Oct. 12 date Porn Sex for Porn Video 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 tried on 10 wire fraud charges for Porn Sex allegedly embezzling nearly $10 million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Video Porno including bankruptcy, Bokep bank and Video 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, Video 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, Porn Video and Video Porno California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Porn Video 2-1/2-year prison sentence in the Nike case.
He also faces a trial next year in Manhattan for Bokep allegedly cheating Daniels out of proceeds from a book contract. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Video Porno Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Porn Sex Foto Telanjang Walder and Indo Bokep Jonathan Oatis)
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