November 10, 2020
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.
November 09, 2020
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.
October 19, 2020
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.
October 16, 2020
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.
October 14, 2020
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.
September 30, 2020
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.
September 14, 2020
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.
September 11, 2020
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."
September 08, 2020
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.
August 31, 2020
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.