By Jan Porn Video Wolfe and Video Bokep Jonathan Video Bokep Stempel
WASHINGTON, Video Bokep Aug 24 (Reuters) – Video Porno A federal judge on Bokep Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government’s embezzlement case against Michael Avenatti, Bokep giving the already convicted celebrity lawyer a temporary reprieve as Video Bokep he defends against a slew of criminal charges.
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District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Foto Porno California, Porn Video said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Porn Video 50, Porn Sex who is representing himself, Video Bokep had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Foto Porno 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 Foto Porno Angeles.
Selna found no evidence of intentional misconduct by prosecutors, Porn Sex according to The Recorder and Video Porno Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date for Porn Sex another trial, Porn Sex but Avenatti may argue he cannot Bokep 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 Video Porno allegedly embezzling Bokep nearly $10 million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Porn Sex including bankruptcy, Porn Video bank and Indo Bokep tax fraud.
Avenatti shot from obscurity to Video Bokep fame in Video Porno 2018 representing Porn Sex actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then-U.S.
President Donald Trump, Bokep becoming a cable news fixture and Foto Telanjang 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 Sex and Bokep California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
Avenatti is appealing his conviction and Video Bokep 2-1/2-year prison sentence in the Nike case.
He also faces a trial Porn Video next year in Bokep Manhattan for Video Porno allegedly cheating 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 Walder and Foto Telanjang Jonathan Oatis)