July 20, 2020
Michael Avenatti is out of money and can't afford the legal fees for his upcoming embezzlement trial, his counsel told a California federal judge over the weekend, asking to continue representing the embattled attorney on a publicly funded basis.
July 06, 2020
The California federal judge overseeing Michael Avenatti's December embezzlement trial extended his temporary release from a Manhattan prison following his conviction for extorting Nike, giving him 60 more days of freedom Monday despite federal prosecutors' concerns that the embattled attorney violated bail conditions.
June 17, 2020
Federal prosecutors probed Michael Avenatti's bail-release custodian Wednesday on whether the embattled attorney violated bail conditions by using the internet ahead of his December embezzlement trial, in a court-supervised telephone deposition made chaotic by over a hundred listeners, some of whom failed to mute their phones.
June 08, 2020
Federal prosecutors say Michael Avenatti may have broken the rules about accessing the internet while he's free from jail, prompting a California federal judge Monday to ask for assurances under oath that the embattled attorney isn't surfing the web while he prepares for his trial in December.
June 01, 2020
A California federal judge on Monday delayed attorney Michael Avenatti's embezzlement trial by three months, setting a Dec. 8 criminal jury trial while acknowledging the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis makes it difficult to predict with any certainty if that date will stick.
May 29, 2020
A California federal judge questioned whether counsel for Michael Avenatti was able to handle his criminal defense amid the COVID-19 pandemic, zeroing in on the attorney's remarks in a recent status report that his ability to prepare for trial has been "deeply impacted."
April 27, 2020
Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti called in to a status conference Monday morning for the federal embezzlement case he faces in California, just two days after he was temporarily released from a Manhattan detention center amid the coronavirus outbreak.
April 11, 2020
A California federal judge late Friday ordered Michael Avenatti released from a Manhattan detention center, granting the embattled lawyer who faces two criminal trials and sentencing in a third case a 90-day reprieve from jail amid the coronavirus outbreak.
April 06, 2020
The government has pushed back on attorney Michael Avenatti's request for temporary release from custody, saying despite the statements in his proposal regarding worsening conditions related to the coronavirus at his New York holding facility, he has ignored the minimum terms under which a California federal court would grant his bid.
April 01, 2020
The novel coronavirus has brought jury trials to a standstill in one of the pandemic’s most immediate blows to the legal sector, including court battles over whether Johnson & Johnson and Bayer products cause cancer and the New York attorney general’s effort to hold drugmakers liable for the opioid crisis. Here’s a look at some of the highly anticipated trials that are on pause.