{"id":2008494,"date":"2023-08-22T18:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T22:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vegan-sam-bankman-fried-living-off-bread-and-water-ahead-of-trial-lawyers-claim\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T18:07:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T22:07:58","slug":"vegan-sam-bankman-fried-living-off-bread-and-water-ahead-of-trial-lawyers-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vegan-sam-bankman-fried-living-off-bread-and-water-ahead-of-trial-lawyers-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Sam Bankman-Fried sustains on bread and water before trial, lawyers say."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvegan-sam-bankman-fried-living-off-bread-and-water-ahead-of-trial-lawyers-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s Culinary Complaints and Legal Battles<\/h2>\n<p>Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is\u2063 making headlines once again. This time, it&#8217;s not about his alleged financial wrongdoings, but rather his \u200cdissatisfaction with the food options \u2062at the Metropolitan Detention Center in \u200cBrooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lawyers for the 31-year-old, who\u200c is facing \u200deight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vegan-sam-bankman-fried-living-off-bread-and-water-ahead-of-trial-lawyers-claim\/\" title=\"Vegan Sam Bankman-Fried sustains on bread and water before trial, lawyers say.\">federal charges including wire fraud<\/a>, complained Tuesday that he is not\u2064 getting the vegan dishes he wants behind bars and \u200chas had to live off bread, water, and peanut butter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn acknowledged the concern and promised to investigate the availability\u200c of vegan options at \u200cthe notorious prison. However, Bankman-Fried&#8217;s grievances don&#8217;t stop \u2064at his dietary preferences.<\/p>\n<h3>Obstacles to Trial Preparation<\/h3>\n<p>Bankman-Fried&#8217;s \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-federal-investigators-reveal-likely-reason-for-helicopter-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Federal Investigators Reveal Likely Reason For Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant\">legal team argued<\/a> that his ability to prepare for his upcoming trial on October 3rd is hindered by the lack of access to computers\u200d at \u200dthe detention center. They also emphasized the need for medication to help him focus and a more balanced meal.<\/p>\n<p>While Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty \u200bto the charges, prosecutors allege that\u2064 he siphoned billions of \u2062dollars from FTX customer deposits \u200cfor personal\u200b use and illegal activities. They \u200cclaim he even attempted to influence \u2063witnesses and provide case-related documents to reporters from The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bankman-Fried&#8217;s Legal Rollercoaster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initially granted\u2062 house\u200c arrest, Bankman-Fried&#8217;s $250 million bail was revoked on August\u2063 11th\u2063 due to accusations of witness tampering. Judge Lewis Kaplan expressed his frustration, \u200bstating, &#8220;He has gone up to the line over and over again,\u2063 and I am going to revoke bail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-da-moves-to-restrict-trumps-access-to-some-evidence\/\" title=\"Manhattan DA Moves To Restrict Trump\u2019s Access To Some Evidence\">legal battle continues<\/a>, Bankman-Fried&#8217;s complaints about prison food and access to \u2064resources add another layer of complexity to an\u200b already\u200b high-profile case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click\u2063 here<\/a> to read\u2062 more \u200dfrom The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of failed crypto exchange FTX, is unhappy with the cooks at Brooklyn&#8217;s Metropolitan Detention Center. Facing eight federal charges, including wire fraud, the 31-year-old&#8217;s lawyers claimed he is not receiving desired vegan meals in prison, affecting his living conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2008495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}