| In Nike Extortion Trial Jury
Asks For Avenatti Wiretap and Gary Franklin
Text Messages
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 12 – In the countdown of
the US v. Michael Avenatti
Nike extortion trial, on
February 10 the charging
conference was held, until
7:10 pm. See Patreon here.
On February
12, after the reading of a
slightly tweeked jury charge,
the jury got the case to
deliberate. They emerged in
late afternoon to request to
hear one of the Avenatti phone
calls (Inner City Press has
put them on Soundcloud here
and here
and a song here),
and requesting text messages
between Gary Franklin and
Jeffrey Auerbach.
The text
messages will be given to them
on February 13, when it is
said one of the jurors has an
outside appointment at 2:30
pm. So when might a decision
come? Watch this site. More on
Patreon here.
On
February 11, over hours, the
closing arguments were held.
Inner City Press live-tweeted
them, in 96 installments, here.
Assistant
US Attorney Matthew Podolsky
led off with the now famous
"have you held the clients
balls in your hands" audio,
and went on from there.
Avenatti's
lawyer Scott Srebnick covered
the case focusing on the
desired and goals of client
Gary Franklin and his
consultant Jeffrey Auerbach.
His brother
Howard Srebnick followed with
the case from the perspective
of Avenatti in New York,
saying he was carring out
Franklin's stated desire to
"light the fuse" for justice.
AUSA
Daniel Richenthal derided that
narrative, and told the jury
it didn't matter that Mark
Geragos, much less Nike, were
not charged. But might it,
when the jury begins to
deliberate on February
12? More on Patreon here.
Next
are the jury charge and
deliberations - and verdict.
Watch this platform. US v. Avenatti,
19-cr-373 (Gardephe).
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