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Nike Extortion Trial Avenatti Wants Stormy
California Case Excluded If He Testifies
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 8 – When after three
days of jury selection the
trial of Michael Avenatti for
allegedly extorting Nike began
on January 29, Assistant US
Attorney Robert Sobelman told
the selected jurors that
Avenatti was supposed to look
out for the interests of his
client, but he did not - he
had a weapon, social
media. More on 1st day
on Patreon here.
On
February 8, Avenatti's lawyer
Scott Srebnick wrote to Judge
Paul G. Gardephe: "The
government has indicated that
it intends to inquire on
cross-examination and
introduce extrinsic evidence
regarding: Mr. Avenatti’s
financial condition; Mr.
Avenatti’s search history and
web results for “insider
trading” and “put options” in
March 2019; and conduct at
issue in the two pending
criminal cases. We reiterate
the arguments we have
previously made regarding the
first two categories of
evidence. Mr. Avenatti seeks a
ruling from the Court that,
should he testify in his own
defense, the government will
be precluded from
cross-examining him about, and
offering extrinsic evidence
of, unproven allegations
outlined in the unrelated
criminal cases now pending
against him. Mr. Avenatti
would testify to the facts of
this case, including the
conversations that he had with
Coach Franklin and Jeffrey
Auerbach and their directives
to him. He also would testify
to his conversations with the
Nike lawyers and his intent
with respect to what he viewed
as settlement negotiations
with them. He would not
testify about his dealings
with any clients other than
Coach Franklin, nor would he
testify about his financial
condition, nor about any
matter at issue in the other
cases now pending in this
District and in the Central
District of California." He
also proffered Carlton Debose,
but not Jamal James. Also
proffered are Casey Kaplan,
Tina Glandian as a proxy for
Mark Geragos, and the elusive
John Slusher - More on Patreon
here.
On February
6, ostensible victim in chief
Coach Gary Franklin began to
be cross examined by
Avenatti's lawyer Scott
Srebnick. Franklin repeatedly
said, I don't remember, and
Can you repeat the question?
This even to whether he had
seen a Jeffrey Auerback memo
to file which Franklin's own
lawyer produced in discovery.
Day's live-tweeted thread here.
Meanwhile
also on February 6, as
jugglingly covered
by Inner City Press, the SDNY
prosecutors' cooperator in
their Adidas prosecutions,
Marty Blazer, got a "time
served" sentence urged by AUSA
Boone. He did a fine job, soon
to be seen on HBO, he said.
But where are the prosecutions
of Nike? More on Patreon here.
On February
5 the Nike lawyer who attended
the meeting in New York with
Avenatti and Mark Geragos was
on the stand. Under cross
examination by E. Danya Perry
he admitted knowing that
invoices were bogus, to Shaun
Manning to move players to
Peach Jam. Day's live tweeted
thread here.
Judge
Gardephe said, You are
objecting to a document you
the prosecutors put into the
record. Again the payments to
Deandre Ayton, mother and
handler Melvin McDonalnd, to
Bol Bol and to Shaun Manning
Brandon McCoy came up. People
wanted to know more but there
are limits. More on Patreon here.
On January
31 Inner City Press published
the March 25, 2019 draft
settlement agreements, with
dollar figure left blank, here
on Scribed
and on Patreon for
download here,
as well as the more than one
hour video of Avenatti's and
Mark Geragos' meeting with
Nike's outside counsel, Scott
Wilson of Boies Schiller, here.
Inner City
Press has also published three
audio records of Wilson's
conversations on March 20,
2019 with Geragos, and
Avenatti, saying "I'm not
f*cking around." Audio I,
II
and III.
More including transcripts on
Patreon here.
We will
have more on this, here and on
Patreon.
Inner City Press live-tweeted
the start of the proceedings,
here,
and since and will have more.
More
on Patreon here. The
case is US v. Avenatti,
19-cr-373 (Gardephe).
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