Michael Avenatti/photo: David Handschuh/ALMAvenatti Criminal Trial Set for November in SDNY
The lawyer formerly representing Stormy Daniels will face a criminal trial in November.
June 19, 2019 at 10:01 AM
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Michael Avenatti faces a November trial date on charges that he allegedly tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike.
The California attorney, who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in cases against President Donald Trump, attended a status conference via teleconference Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Judge Paul Gardephe set a trial date of Nov. 12.
One of Avenatti's defense attorneys, Florida-based Jose M. Quiñon, also phoned in to the conference. Scott Srebnick, Avenatti's other attorney, was physically present at the courthouse to represent his client.
In addition to the criminal case in the Southern District of New York, in which he is charged with attempting to extort more than $25 million from the sportswear brand, Avenatti is facing additional criminal charges relating to alleged fraud in New York and California. Due to his trial and hearing schedules, the court permitted him to participate in Tuesday's conference via telephone. He spoke only twice: at the beginning he confirmed he could adequately hear the court, and at the end he accepted the trial date.
At the conference, Srebnick raised concerns over access to a server seized from Avenatti's law firm at the time of his arrest in March. He said he would like time to review documents stored there and understand the scope of the government's intent to use the documents in the trial.
Requests for comment were not returned by Srebnick.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky said he does not have and has not reviewed the server, which the U.S. Attorney General's Office for the Southern District of California allegedly possesses.
The court scheduled pretrial motions for Aug. 19, prosecutors' response for Sept. 19 and the defense's response for Oct. 3.
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