- The ban affects all parties and witnesses.
- Because of this, Sam Benkman-Fried’s bail conditions may be changed.
A federal judge is considering restricting “parties and witnesses” in the FTX case from speaking to the media, CoinDesk reports.
The decision comes after the U.S. Justice Department accused former FTX CEO Sam Benkman-Friede (SBF) of passing a private diary of former Alameda Research hedge fund CEO Caroline Ellison to the New York Times.
Then SBF’s attorneys said:
“Authorities misrepresented circumstances that had nothing unseemly or impermissible to say, and improperly portrayed these events as a horrific attempt by Mr. Bankman-Fried to ‘discredit’ Caroline Ellison and disrupt the jury pool. However, he did nothing wrong.”
According to the publication, the judge’s order could jeopardize the terms of Bankman-Fried’s release on bail. Prior to trial, defendant resided at his parents’ home in Palo Alto, California. The court restricted his use of technology, but made an exception allowing him to visit some websites.
This is not the first time Fried has violated his bail conditions. In February, he accessed the Internet through a VPN. Attorneys for the defendant said he was just watching the National Football League playoffs and the Super Bowl. But the judge was skeptical of such an acquittal.
The judge was skeptical.