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WASHINGTON, Video Porno Aug 24 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government’s embezzlement case against Michael Avenatti, Bokep giving the already convicted celebrity lawyer a temporary reprieve as Porn Video he defends against a slew of criminal charges.
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District Judge James Selna Porn Video in Santa Ana, Porn Sex California, Porn Sex said Avenatti Porn Video was entitled to a new trial Foto Porno because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Bokep 50, Porn Video who is representing himself, Foto Porno had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Indo Bokep and Indo 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 Bokep intentional misconduct by prosecutors, Bokep according to The Recorder and Porn Video Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Foto Telanjang another trial, Foto Porno but Porn Video 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 Foto Telanjang from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Indo Bokep including bankruptcy, Video Bokep bank and Foto Porno tax fraud.
Avenatti shot from obscurity to Porn Sex fame in 2018 representing Porn Video actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then-U.S.
President Donald Trump, Video Porno becoming Foto Telanjang a cable news fixture and Foto Porno flirting Bokep 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 Sex and Porn Video California prosecutors announced their Bokep criminal case.
Video Bokep Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Foto Porno 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 Porno Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Porn Video Jonathan Oatis)