Michael Avenatti Gets Mistrial In California Embezzlement Case
By Jan Wolfe and Video Porno 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 Telanjang 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, Video Porno California, Foto Porno said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Foto Porno 50, Porn Sex who is representing himself, Porn Sex had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Foto Telanjang 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 Foto Porno Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Video Porno another trial, Video Bokep but Avenatti may Bokep 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 Foto Telanjang allegedly embezzling nearly $10 million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces Indo Bokep 26 additional charges in California, Video Bokep including bankruptcy, Porn Sex bank and Foto Telanjang 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, Porn Video becoming a cable news fixture and Indo Bokep flirting with his own White House run.
Video Bokep 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, Foto Porno and Video Bokep 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 Porn Video allegedly cheating Daniels out of proceeds from a book contract. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Indo Bokep Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Indo Bokep Jonathan Oatis)
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