{"id":2015094,"date":"2023-08-29T04:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftxs-bankman-fried-appeals-jailing-as-trial-nears\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T04:33:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:33:14","slug":"ftxs-bankman-fried-appeals-jailing-as-trial-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftxs-bankman-fried-appeals-jailing-as-trial-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"FTX CEO Bankman-Fried appeals imprisonment ahead of upcoming trial."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fftxs-bankman-fried-appeals-jailing-as-trial-nears%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=2015094&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 Appeals Decision to Jail Him for Alleged Witness Tampering<\/h2>\n<p>NEW YORK\u2014Sam Bankman-Fried has\u2062 appealed \u200da decision to jail him for\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftxs-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-will-explore-cryptocurrency-payments-for-businesses-state-fees\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Will Explore Cryptocurrency Payments for Businesses' State Fees\">bankman-fried<\/a>-appeals-jailing-as-trial-nears\/&#8221; title=&#8221;FTX CEO Bankman-Fried appeals imprisonment ahead of upcoming trial.&#8221;><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-orders-sam-bankman-fried-to-jail-for-alleged-witness-tampering\/\" title=\"Judge jails Sam Bankman-Fried for alleged witness tampering.\">alleged witness tampering<\/a> ahead<\/a> of his Oct. 3 trial over the collapse of \u2064his FTX cryptocurrency exchange.<\/p>\n<p>In a filing\u200d late on Friday night with the \u20622nd U.S. Circuit Court of\u200d Appeals, Bankman-Fried&#8217;s lawyers said the 31-year-old \u2062former billionaire simply exercised \u200dhis First Amendment rights by sharing\u2064 writings by his former\u2063 colleague and romantic partner Caroline \u200cEllison with a New York Times\u200c reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Ellison is one of three former members of Bankman-Fried&#8217;s\u200b inner circle \u2063expected to testify \u200cagainst him after pleading guilty to fraud. Bankman-Fried&#8217;s lawyers said he shared her writings to defend his reputation, not to intimidate her.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/jailed-sam-bankman-fried-cant-prepare-for-trial-without-vegan-diet-and-adequate-meds-lawyers-say-5478553\">Jailed\u200c Sam Bankman-Fried Can&#8217;t Prepare\u2063 for\u2064 Trial Without Vegan \u200bDiet and Adequate Meds, Lawyers Say<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/22\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/ftxs-bankman-fried-used-100-million-in-stolen-funds-to-donate-to-democrats-republicans-doj-5467152\">FTX&#8217;s \u200bBankman-Fried \u2062Used $100 Million in Stolen Funds to Donate to Democrats, Republicans: DOJ<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/15\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is unclear how a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/31-year-old-racial-justice-activist-stabbed-to-death-in-chicago-family-asks-donations-go-to-equal-justice-initiative-in-her-name\/\" title=\"31-Year-Old Racial Justice Activist Stabbed To Death In Chicago, Family Asks Donations Go To\u00a0\u2018Equal Justice Initiative\u2019 In Her Name\u00a0\">cooperating witness<\/a> who\u2064 has promised to testify\u200c against a defendant\u200b could be \u200bmeaningfully threatened by nothing but\u200c their own statements being published by a reputable newspaper,&#8221;\u200c Mr. Bankman-Fried&#8217;s lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In her writings, which predated FTX&#8217;s November \u200d2022 collapse, \u2063Ms. Ellison \u2064described feeling &#8220;unhappy and overwhelmed&#8221; with her job and &#8220;hurt\/rejected&#8221;\u200d from her breakup \u200cwith Mr. Bankman-Fried.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Mr. Bankman-Fried released those writings to harass Ms. Ellison\u200c and to dissuade others from testifying if they thought he\u200d would make them look bad in the press.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. \u2064District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan revoked Mr. Bankman-Fried&#8217;s bail on Aug.\u200b 11, finding probable cause to support a witness tampering charge.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors \u2062have accused Mr. Bankman-Fried of\u200c stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to plug losses at\u200c Alameda \u2063Research,\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-seized-nearly-700-million-from-ftx-founder-bankman-fried\/\" title=\"Feds Seized Nearly 0 Million From FTX Founder Bankman-Fried\">crypto-focused hedge fund<\/a> he also owned and where Ms. Ellison was chief executive.<\/p>\n<p>He has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>In their\u2064 appeal, \u2064Mr. \u200bBankman-Fried&#8217;s lawyers also said \u200dtheir client&#8217;s lack of computer access at Brooklyn&#8217;s Metropolitan\u200c Detention Center has\u200d prevented \u2062him from being able to analyze\u2062 the government&#8217;s evidence and \u2063prepare properly for trial.<\/p>\n<p>Though Mr. \u2063Bankman-Fried has been\u2062 allowed to meet with his lawyers \u200dtwice a week, \u2063for six hours at a time, at\u2062 the Manhattan federal courthouse, his lawyers have said he needs more time, and asked that \u200deither he\u2062 be released temporarily or that they be permitted to meet five days a week.<\/p>\n<p>The defense has also said the Brooklyn jail has failed\u200c to provide Mr. Bankman-Fried with Adderall for his medical \u200dneeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Bankman-Fried, the ex-billionaire behind FTX cryptocurrency exchange, has challenged his imprisonment for witness tampering before his upcoming trial. His legal team argued that the 31-year-old exercised his First Amendment rights. 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