By Jan Wolfe and Foto Porno Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Video 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 defends against a slew of criminal Video Bokep charges.
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District Judge Video Porno James Selna in Santa Ana, Porn Video California, Foto Telanjang Porn Sex said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial Porn Sex because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related Bokep evidence.
Avenatti, Indo Bokep Porn Sex 50, Video Porno who Foto Telanjang is representing himself, Porn Video had argued that Indo Bokep the evidence might be exculpatory, Bokep and Foto Porno that the failure Bokep to turn it over undermined Bokep his Video Bokep 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, Video Porno according to The Recorder and Porn Video Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. Bokep 12 date for Bokep another trial, Porn Sex 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,” Indo Bokep Avenatti said in a statement provided by his standby lawyer Dean Foto Telanjang Steward. “Laws and rules matter.”
Avenatti was being tried on 10 wire fraud charges Indo Bokep for Indo Bokep allegedly embezzling nearly $10 million Bokep of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Bokep 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.
Video Porno President Donald Bokep Trump, Porn Sex 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 in Manhattan charged him with trying to Indo Bokep extort up to $25 million from Nike Inc, Porn Sex and Indo 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 Foto Porno allegedly cheating Foto Porno 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 Indo Bokep Walder and Indo Bokep Jonathan Oatis)