Just in: Michael Avenatti is asking Judge Selna to read a "curative jury instruction" Tuesday morning regarding the Geoff Johnson Social Security benefit issue that tells them to "disregard and ignore all such evidence" drive.google.com/file/d/1c4nMNy…
The wording of his proposed instruction is kind of hilarious and classic Avenatti. I think it's unlikely Judge Selna tells the jury exactly this, but as the motion (and my tweets) say, Selna has already said he's thinking about this. So there's going to be something.
I expect the U.S. Attorney's Office will file a response to this by end of Monday. Then the judge will take it up before the jury gets seated on Tuesday. #staytuned Again, Google Drive link to full document is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1c4nMNy…
Just in: Prosecutors' response pretty well lays out why this Social Security stuff is relevant to wire fraud: Avenatti's lies about the trust. "The testimony of Ms. Guerrero and Mr. Goeders strongly corroborated Mr. Johnson’s testimony..." Google Drive: bit.ly/3ry8h0x
"their interactions ... - even if they were in the context of defendant failing to maintain Mr. Johnson’s SSI benefits or help him purchase a house after promising to - are highly relevant to proving the false statements underlying one of the government’s theories of wire fraud."
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Just in: Megan Thee Stallion has sued blogger Milagro Gramz, alleging she is purposely spreading false information online on behalf of Tory Lanez.
The federal lawsuit has four causes of action, including that Milagro promoted an "altered sexual depiction" of Megan.
Here's Megan Thee Stallion's full complaint, filed today in the Southern District of Florida by her lawyers at @quinnemanuel.
It describes Milagro as "a well-known online social media grifter who traffics in false and sensationalist narratives." documentcloud.org/documents/2525…
Here's the "Promotion of an Altered Sexual Depiction" claim.
"Defendant Cooper willfully and maliciously promoted the Deepfake Video without Ms. Pete’s consent. Defendant Cooper knew or reasonably should have know that the Deepfake Video was an altered sexual depiction."
Here’s the 14-page indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Three counts: racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution: drive.google.com/file/d/1iSrpU9…
You can tell by the "ALC" in the case number that Diddy's case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr., a 2011 Barack Obama appointee.
.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L.…
Federal prosecutors are holding a press conference about Diddy’s case at 11:30 am ET (in 40 minutes!) and you can watch live on YouTube: youtube.com/@usao_sdny
New today in Hunter Biden's lawsuit against a former Trump White House aide who distributed the contents of his laptop: Judge Hernan Vera in Los Angeles has rejected Garrett Ziegler's motion to dismiss. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
"Plaintiff did not sue Defendants for creating a report or website. Defendants are being sued for “accessing, tampering with, manipulating, altering, copying and damaging” Plaintiff’s computer data." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Judge Vera also has Matt Gaetz's and Marjorie Taylor Greene's lawsuit against Anaheim over the cancellation of their rallies in 2021. A jury trial is scheduled for June 2025.
Kenneth "Woody" Copeland went to jail on Friday after trying to plead the 5th in rapper Young Thug's trial.
Today, he's back on the stand in jail garb and says he's going to testify.
Watch live:
Woody says he doesn’t know how old his kids are because he’s spent so much time in jail.
Update: Now it’s Young Thug’s lawyer Brian Steel who may be held in contempt. This after he confronted Judge Glanville about an in-chambers ex-parte meeting with Copeland this morning over his 5th plea. Steel refuses to tell the judge how he learned of the meeting.
Just in: Judge Roland wants John Eastman disbarred for his 2020 election fraud claims and the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection.
Here's the full ruling. 128 pages.
"John Charles Eastman is ordered transferred to involuntary inactive status ... His inactive enrollment will be effective three calendar days after this order is served..."
I remember going to the first day of Eastman's bar hearing in LA back in June along with other reporters including the great @TomDreisbach. Little did we know what a marathon we were in for. 9 months later, a ruling.