UPDATE 1-Focus on Avenatti, U.S. judge says, as Trump critic's Nike extortion trial begins
January 27, 2020 at 14:00 PM EST
The judge overseeing Michael Avenatti's extortion trial said the case should not focus on Nike Inc's alleged corruption or devolve into celebrity name-dropping, as jury selection began for the case against the lawyer and critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.