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Sam Bankman-Fried Wants Weekly Jail Release to Prepare Defense Case

2023-08-19 05:56
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried wants to be released from jail five days each week so he can work
Sam Bankman-Fried Wants Weekly Jail Release to Prepare Defense Case

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried wants to be released from jail five days each week so he can work on his defense at the federal prosecutor’s office.

In a letter filed in federal court in Manhattan on Friday, lawyers for the 31-year-old said he couldn’t access the internet or properly review discovery since being detained in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Author: Ava Benny-Morrison