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SDNY Avenatti Contests Debt of Eagan
Avenatti and Ex Wife Case As Evidence in
Nike Trial
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon,
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SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Jan 20 –
Michael Avenatti in the Nike
case against him opposed the
US Attorney's proffered legal
expert testimony about his
fiduciary duty, citing
decisions by U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judges
Valerie E. Caproni and Kimba
Wood, below.
Now in the
run up to trial, on January 20
Avenatti's lawyers wrote to Judge
Paul
G. Gardephe
contesting the
use at trial
of evidence of
the debt of
the Eagan
Avenatti firm,
and family law
material
regarding his
ex wife and
child support.
Back in August
Judge Gardephe
told
Avenatti's
lawyer in
that case
Scott A.
Srebnick to
"tee up the
subpoena
issues sooner
rather than
later."
Srebnick
as in his
written
submissions
brought up the
Fifth
Amendment.
Judge Gardephe
said raising
that to a jury
would be a
first for him,
and that
Srebnick faces
a uphill
battle
convincing
him. But it
seems Srebnick
will try. He
took up 85% of
the speaking
time (Inner
City Press
live tweeted
it here),
in a courtroom
whose gallery
was less than
half filled.
Things have
changed.
Srebnick
proposed
moving the
trial from
November to
January, then
mentioned that
AUSA
Richenthal has
a trial
starting on
January 21, so
why not extend
further? More
on Patreon here.
Back
on May 28
before Judge
Batts, Avenatti's
first move was
to have his
Miami-based lawyer
Srebnick ask
to transfer
the Daniels
case to California.
The U.S. Attorney for
the SDNY's office
opposed the request, saying
it met none of
the Supreme
Court's factors
for change in
venue in the
1964 case Platt
v. Minnesota
Mining &
Mfg. Co.,
376 U.S.
240. Attorney
Srebnick's
motion to make
a motion was
denied.
[Assistant
U.S. Attorney
Matthew Podolsky
told Judge Batts
he had
recently
beaten back a
similar
attempt to
delay by
bifurcated
venue motions.
For more,
see Patreon, here.]
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