Sam Bankman-Fried Files Notice Of Appeal For FTX Trial, Requests To Stay In Brooklyn Federal Jail
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried officially filed on April 11 his notice of appeal for his FTX trial and is requesting to stay in a Brooklyn, New York prison in order to be closer to his legal team.
In the court filing, lawyers for Bankman-Fried formally filed to appeal his 25-year prison sentence following the FTX fraudster’s grueling landmark fraud trial last fall.
Meanwhile, in an additional court filing, attorneys for the FTX founder requested that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan keep Bankman-Fried at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to “facilitate access to his appellate counsel” as he works to overturn his sentence.
In addition to SBF’s 25-year prison sentence, Judge Kaplan, who originally suggested that the former “king of crypto” could be placed in a medium-security prison in his home state of California, ordered Bankman-Fried to pay an estimated $11 billion forfeiture.
Following his guilty verdict in November 2023, Bankman-Fried vowed to “vigorously” fight the charges brought against him.
During his sentencing, lawyers for Bankman-Fried called the Metropolitan Detention Center “the worst federal jail in the country,” with prisoners having experienced issues such as lack of access to water and poor electricity.
According to FTX founder’s lawyers, he has struggled to find food that corresponds to his vegan diet in prison – relying solely on water, peanut butter, and bread for sustenance.
First photo of Sam Bankman-Fried in jail at MDC Brooklyn. (December 17, 2023) pic.twitter.com/QlENjjmeQG
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Conditions of Bankman-Fried’s life in prison were largely used in his defense prior to his sentencing, with a February court filing alleging that the FTX founder
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