By Jonathan Stempel
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) – A federal decide on Wednesday rejected Michael Avenatti’s bid to dismiss prison fees accusing him of attempting to extort Nike Inc NKE.N, after the celeb lawyer claimed he was focused in a “vindictive” prosecution due to his feud with U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. District Choose Paul Gardephe in Manhattan dominated the morning after Avenatti was arrested in California for potential violations of his bail situations, in a separate case there accusing him of defrauding different purchasers.
Avenatti has pleaded not responsible to all prison fees he faces.
Lawyers for Avenatti advised Gardephe on Wednesday their consumer is in custody, presumably in a Santa Ana, California jail, and California prosecutors plan to hunt to revoke his bail at a listening to at this time.
The legal professionals additionally mentioned they seemingly won’t be able to fulfill with Avenatti in particular person for at the very least a number of days, and requested to debate…