{"id":21550,"date":"2023-08-25T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/sam-bankman-frieds-lawyers-push-for-temporary-release-object-to-prosecutors-proposed-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:03:10","slug":"sam-bankman-frieds-lawyers-push-for-temporary-release-object-to-prosecutors-proposed-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/sam-bankman-frieds-lawyers-push-for-temporary-release-object-to-prosecutors-proposed-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers push for temporary release, object to prosecutors’ proposed deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lawyers representing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, have claimed the \u201cextraordinary accommodations\u201d offered by authorities were insufficient in order for him to prepare for his criminal trial in October.<\/p>\n

In an Aug. 25 filing in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, SBF\u2019s legal team said the plan proposed by prosecutors to allow the former FTX CEO access to discovery materials before trial were inadequate. Lawyers said the U.S. Justice Department produced roughly 4 million pages worth of discovery materials on Aug. 24 and there were \u201cmillions of pages of documents and terabytes of data\u201d left for SBF to review for his criminal trial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not believe that anything short of temporary release will properly address these problems and safeguard Mr. Bankman-Fried\u2019s right to participate in his own defense,\u201d said the filing. \u201cBefore his bail was revoked, Mr. Bankman-Fried was spending 80-100 hours a week reviewing the voluminous discovery and creating detailed analyses that he could update constantly and share with his attorneys.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bankman-Fried had been free on a $250-million bond for roughly 8 months following his extradition from the Bahamas and arraignment in the U.S. in December 2022. However, following allegations of witness intimidation of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, a federal judge revoked his bail. Since Aug. 11, roughly two months before the start of his first criminal trial, SBF has been remanded to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n