Disgraced FTX founder Sam-Bankman Fried that revoking his $250 million bond and jailing him for his speech to the New York Times last month would be a violation of his free-speech rights.
Last week, US prosecutors requested a judge to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bond following the publication of a New York Times story. The article quoted excerpts from a diary written by Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, who has pleaded guilty to fraud and is now cooperating with prosecutors.
Prosecutors claimed that Sam Bankman-Fried provided the diary entries to the New York Times and spoke with the reporter who wrote the article. They accused him of trying to intimidate Ellison, who might be a witness in his trial and influence the potential jurors.