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SBF Withdraws Motion for Retrial but Leaves Option Open for After Appeal Ruling
He said Judge Lewis Kaplan would not give him a fair hearing and kept open the option to renew the retrial request after appeal.
- On Wednesday, Sam Bankman-Fried withdrew his Rule 33 motion for a new trial in the Southern District of New York, stating he "will not get a fair hearing on this topic" before Judge Lewis Kaplan.
- Bankman-Fried is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud following FTX's collapse; his legal strategy now involves a pending appeal before the Second Circuit and a separate reassignment request due to alleged "extreme prejudice."
- Detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Bankman-Fried addressed prosecutors' questions about his pro se filing by admitting he incorporated "editorial and organizational suggestions" from his mother, Barbara Fried, into the motion.
- Withdrawing "without prejudice" preserves Bankman-Fried's right to refile after his direct appeal is resolved; prosecutors had previously cast doubt on the filing's legitimacy after Barbara Fried sent a separate letter to the court.
- During November oral arguments, defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro argued the trial was "fundamentally unfair" due to limits on evidence presented to the jury, an appeal currently under review by the Second Circuit alongside the reassignment request against Kaplan.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Pulls Retrial Motion, Again Accusing Judge Kaplan of Bias
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX CEO serving a 25-year federal prison sentence for fraud, requested to withdraw his motion for a new trial on Wednesday in a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Bankman-Fried said he was pulling the Rule 33 motion temporarily, because he “will not get a fair hearing on this topic” before Kaplan. He said he is seeking to withdraw his motion without pre…
Sam Bankman-Fried Backs Off New Trial Request, Keeps Pressure On Judge Removal
Sam Bankman-Fried has told a federal court he does not expect a fair hearing from the judge overseeing his criminal case — and because of that, he is pulling his request for a new trial. A Calculated Move In Federal Court The former FTX chief executive filed a letter Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, withdrawing a Rule 33 motion he had been pursuing to overturn his conviction. The withdrawal, he made clear…
SBF Drops Push for New Trial During Appeal Phase of FTX Fraud Case
TL;DR Sam Bankman-Fried withdrew his Rule 33 motion for a new trial, saying he does not believe Judge Lewis Kaplan would give him a fair hearing. He asked to withdraw the motion without prejudice, preserving the right to refile after his direct appeal and reassignment request are resolved. The appeal now carries greater weight as he continues challenging his conviction and 25-year sentence in the FTX fraud case in federal court. Sam Bankman-Fri…
Sam Bankman-Fried renounces a new trial. FTX's ex-PDG still claims his innocence and considers that he would not be tried in a fair manner. L'article FTX Case: Sam Bankman-Fried renounces a new trial appeared first on Cryptoast.
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