UPDATE: A lawyer for Pasquale Rotella tells Radar: "There is no trial date set in Mr. Rotella’s criminal case. In fact, September 18 is the date a motion will be heard to have the criminal charges against him dismissed… We are focused on continuing to clear Mr. Rotella’s good name so that he can put these politically motivated charges behind him and enjoy his beautiful and growing family.”

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Is Holly Madison rushing down the aisle to avoid a trip to the witness stand?

The former Playboy model has announced that she and fiancé Pasquale Rotella will marry at Disneyland on September 10 -- just nine days before he's due back in court for charges that could put him away for 13 years.

And it just so happens that under California law, a wife -- no matter how recent -- cannot be forced to testify against her spouse!

"It does seem very suspicious that they would marry on the eve of trial," Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Dana Cole, who is not involved in the case, tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively. "That will definitely cancel out the ability of the prosecutor to call her as a witness."