Coverage dated August 21, 2023

Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried is surviving on bread and water, harming ability to prepare for trial, lawyers say

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The FTX founder needs proper access to computers, Adderall and a better vegan diet, his attorneys claim.

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CBS News
Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried is surviving on bread and water, harming ability to prepare for trial, lawyers say (opens CBS News)
Published Aug 21, 2023
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The FTX founder needs proper access to computers, Adderall and a better vegan diet, his attorneys claim.
FOX Business
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers complain FTX founder not getting vegan diet in jail (opens FOX Business)
Published Aug 21, 2023
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The defense team for imprisoned FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried are complaining about his jail conditions, and say their vegan client is subsisting on a bread and water diet.
ABC 7 New York
Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried can't prepare for trial without vegan diet and adequate meds, lawyers say (opens ABC 7 New York)
Published Aug 21, 2023
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can't adequately prepare for trial in six weeks while in jail without proper access to computers, necessary medications to help him concentrate, and a better diet than bread, water and peanut butter, his lawyers told a magistrate judge Tuesday.
NBC News
Sam Bankman-Fried living on bread and water because jail won't abide vegan diet, lawyer says (opens NBC News)
Published Aug 21, 2023
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The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.
Forbes
Sam Bankman-Fried Isn’t Getting Vegan Meals In Jail—Forcing Him Onto Bread-And-Water Diet, Lawyers Say (opens Forbes)
Published Aug 21, 2023
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Only given a “flesh diet” at his Brooklyn jail, Bankman-Fried is surviving on water, bread and occasional peanut butter, his attorneys said in court Tuesday.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Sam Bankman-Fried isn't getting his Adderall and is surviving on ‘bread and water,' lawyers say (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
Published Aug 21, 2023
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Following a superseding indictment of Sam Bankman-Fried, lawyers for the FTX founder expressed concerns about his living conditions in jail.
Fortune
Accused crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried can't prepare for trial without vegan food in jail instead of a 'flesh diet,' lawyers say (opens Fortune)
Published Aug 21, 2023
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“Your Honor, that’s outrageous and needs to be remedied,” the lawyer said of a man who had shuffled into the courtroom, his legs shackled.

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