Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 14, 2021
Defense calls for mistrial and trial delay in Avenatti’s client theft case
H. Dean Steward of Newport Beach, Michael J. Avenatti’s attorney, complained about media coverage of his client’s sentencing in New York last week and demanded access to all venues where prospective jurors are filling out questionnaires.
SANTA ANA -- Jury selection began Tuesday in Michael J. Avenatti's fraud trial but most of the day was consumed by his lawyer's eleventh-hour attempts to delay the proceeding or get a mistrial.
H. Dean Steward of Newport Beach complained about media coverage of Avenatti's sentencing in New York last week for trying to extort $20 million from Nike Inc. and demanded his client have access to all venues where prospective jurors were fi...
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