Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid for pretrial jail release

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid for pretrial jail release

Luc Cohen
Tue, September 12, 2023 at 5:02 PM EDT·2 min read

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday lost a bid to be released from jail so he can better prepare for his Oct. 3 trial on fraud charges stemming from the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, a court filing showed.

Bankman-Fried has said the conditions of his confinement at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center have made it impossible for him to adequately review prosecutors' evidence against him and help his lawyers build his defense case.

But U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said in a written ruling that Bankman-Fried had not specified which pieces of evidence he had been unable to access. He also said Bankman-Fried had not asked for a trial delay, despite Kaplan's offer to consider such a request.

Kaplan said he would consider a later, more detailed application for release.

Kaplan jailed the 31-year-old former billionaire on Aug. 11 after finding that he likely tampered with witnesses at least twice, ...

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/judge-denies-bankman-frieds-request-210219993.html

[magicarpet]

1. But he can still DoorDash in his,..

... lobster thermador and pheasant under glass,..... right ?

[hedda_foil]

3. That's Vegan lobster Thermador and vegan pheasant under glass.

[marble falls]

2. How much money did he end up with?