By Jan Wolfe and Video Porno Jonathan Stempel
WASHINGTON, Indo Bokep Aug 24 (Reuters) – A federal judge Foto Porno 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 he defends against a slew of criminal charges.
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District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Bokep California, Bokep said Avenatti was entitled to a new trial because prosecutors had failed to turn over relevant billing-related evidence.
Avenatti, Porn Video 50, Indo Bokep who is representing himself, Porn Video had argued that the evidence might be exculpatory, Foto Porno and Video Bokep that the failure to turn it over undermined his ability to Porn Video 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, Bokep according to The Recorder Indo Bokep and Foto Telanjang Law360.
He set a tentative Oct. 12 date Bokep for Bokep another trial, Bokep 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,” 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 Porno allegedly embezzling nearly $10 million of settlement proceeds from five clients.
He faces 26 additional charges in California, Foto Telanjang including bankruptcy, Foto Porno bank and Foto Telanjang tax fraud.
Avenatti shot from obscurity to fame in 2018 representing Porn Video actress Indo Bokep Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against then-U.S.
President Donald Trump, Foto Porno becoming a cable news fixture and Indo 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 extort up to $25 million from Nike Inc, Indo Bokep and Video Bokep California prosecutors announced their criminal case.
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 Video Porno 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 Video Porno Jonathan Oatis)