Apparently, Avenatti was not happy with the viciousness (or lack thereof) of his public defenders, both in their cross of Stormy Daniel's book publisher and with regard to their willingness to agree with his desired scope of cross-examination of his former office manager/paralegal.
As reported live from the trial by Law.com reporter Meghann Cuniff:
It’s definitely a different world here than what Avenatti got with his trial in Orange County last summer. He’s obviously trying to get his public defenders to employ the same aggressive tactics that prosecutors say drip with bad faith, and it hasn’t worked out very well today.
Avenatti's response: Go pro se of course!
Per Meghann:
So Judge Furman did a complete 180 over the break and now appears ready to let Avenatti represent himself. Avenatti described a breakdown between him and counsel, including over the scope of the cross of his paralegal that’s coming up today.
Avenatti's public defenders are not surprised:
I heard public defender Robert Baum whisper to someone in the audience that Avenatti is going pro se and that “this was always coming.” I ducked out when it became obvious Furman was going to approve so I could update here but am headed back in now to hear the rest of it.
It will be interesting to see how long a leash Judge Furman of the SDNY will put on Avenatti's aggressive trial tactics. Meanwhile, Avenatti has not failed to entertain.
UPDATE: Not long a leash at all!
Furman said with 4 minutes to go that he wanted to go up until 3 pm. Avenatti soon told him, “Now is a good breaking point. You can use the 2 minutes against me.” And Judge Furman ice-cold refused! Nope, keep going, the judge said, and it’s actually 3 mins. #welcometoNewYork
Ha!
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