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USA v. Avenatti

  1. November 10, 2020

    Avenatti Trial Over Stormy Daniels' Book Money Set For April

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday set a spring trial date for embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti over accusations that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from adult film actress and former client Stormy Daniels.

  2. November 09, 2020

    Feds Rip Avenatti's Call For Sanctions In Fraud Case

    Michael Avenatti's recent vow to seek sanctions against the government for allegedly accessing thousands of privileged documents is an "insincere attempt" to "further delay" his embezzlement case, California federal prosecutors said Monday.

  3. October 19, 2020

    Avenatti Judge Splits Calif. Fraud Trial As Start Likely Delayed

    The California federal judge overseeing Michael Avenatti's embezzlement case on Monday severed the trial in two, saying the wire fraud charges should be tried separately from the bank and tax fraud charges, and noted that the coronavirus will likely delay the December trial until early next year.

  4. October 16, 2020

    Avenatti Wins Yet Another Extension To His Prison Release

    Embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti will spend at least one more month free on home confinement as COVID-19 continues to ravage the country's prisons, a California federal judge ruled in an order entered Thursday, finding that Avenatti had shown good cause to extend his temporary release from prison.

  5. October 14, 2020

    Avenatti Seeks Extension Of Prison Release Amid Virus Risk

    Michael Avenatti on Wednesday asked the California federal judge overseeing his upcoming embezzlement trial to extend his temporary release from prison by nearly a month, pointing out that coronavirus cases are still rising in the Golden State.

  6. September 30, 2020

    Virus-Fearing Avenatti Wins Prison Delay After Citing Fauci

    The California federal judge overseeing Michael Avenatti's upcoming embezzlement trial extended the embattled attorney's temporary release from prison by two more weeks after Avenatti cited Dr. Anthony Fauci's warning this week that "we're not in a good place" with the coronavirus pandemic.

  7. September 14, 2020

    Avenatti Slams Feds' Document Dump In Bid For More Time

    Embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti urged a California federal court on Monday to give him a few more months to review the mountain of documents produced by prosecutors in recent months, ripping the prosecution for purportedly dragging its feet in discovery.

  8. September 11, 2020

    Avenatti Says Rejailing Arg Is Based On 'Unreliable' Virus Data

    Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti told a California federal judge Friday that prosecutors' supposed data supporting sending him back to prison until his trial on charges of embezzling client funds is "unreliable and inadmissible."

  9. September 08, 2020

    Feds Want Avenatti Jailed Again Over Alleged Laptop Use

    Prosecutors have asked a California federal judge to send embattled attorney Michael Avenatti back to prison, citing "clear and convincing" evidence that he used a computer to draft court documents, in violation of his release conditions.

  10. August 31, 2020

    Avenatti Judge Considers Splitting Calif. Fraud Trial In 2

    The California federal judge overseeing Michael Avenatti's upcoming embezzlement trial suggested during a status hearing Monday that the 10 counts of wire fraud against the embattled attorney be tried separately from the bank and tax fraud charges, but prosecutors said it would be more efficient to keep the case whole.

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