By Jan Wolfe and Foto Porno Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Porn Sex 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 Porn Sex charges.
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District Judge James Selna Foto Porno in Santa Ana, Foto Telanjang California, Porn Video said Foto Telanjang Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Foto Porno 50, Foto Telanjang who is representing himself, Porn Video had Porn Sex argued that the evidence might Bokep be exculpatory, Video Bokep 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 Porn Video found no evidence of intentional misconduct by prosecutors, Porn Sex according to The Recorder and Porn Video Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Bokep another trial, Indo Bokep but Avenatti may argue he cannot be retried because of double jeopardy.
The Bokep trial had lasted one Video Porno 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, Bokep including bankruptcy, Foto Telanjang bank and Bokep tax fraud.
Avenatti shot from obscurity to fame in 2018 representing Porn Video actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then-U.S.
Bokep President Donald Trump, Porn Sex becoming a cable news fixture and Indo Bokep flirting with his own White House run.
His legal career ground to a halt in March Video Porno 2019 when federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged him with trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike Inc, Indo Bokep and Foto Telanjang California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Foto Telanjang 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 Video Bokep Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Video Porno Jonathan Oatis)