Another hearing has been set for ex-broker Anthony Duwayne Turner, the former colleague and ex-boyfriend of slain Bank of America Merrill executive Michelle Avan, who was killed in 2021.
The "setting date for a preliminary hearing" has been "continued to Feb. 15," a spokesman for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told ThinkAdvisor on Friday.
More details about the next hearing weren't immediately made available on the court's website. But all prior hearings, including the one that had been scheduled for Friday, were scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys, California.
A so-called Pitchess motion was granted to Turner last year so that he and his attorney could inspect a police officer's personnel file for any evidence of misconduct.
Defense attorneys often make a Pitchess motion during the pretrial process, when they suspect that police may have acted improperly by filing an inaccurate police report, for instance. When granted, a judge typically releases any information they believe is relevant about the police officer in question to the defendant.
Details of the Case
Avan was a managing director at Merrill Lynch for 22 years before being promoted in June 2021 to head of BofA's global women's and underrepresented talent strategy, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Turner, of Westchester, California, was arrested Aug. 5, 2021, and released a few days later, after posting $2 million bail, the Los Angeles Police Department and a spokesman for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón had told ThinkAdvisor.
Turner was charged with felony murder and first-degree residential burglary in his former girlfriend's death, according to a Gascón spokesman.
