FTX-grundare kan inte koncentrera sig på test, behöver mer Adderall

• FTX-grundaren Sam Bankman-Fried har inte kunnat koncentrera sig på att presentera sitt försvar, hävdar advokater.
• The lawyers asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to allow SBF to take a “12-hour extended-release 20-mg dose of Adderall.”
• De frågade också om de kunde förse SBF med den utskrivna medicinen under spåret vid Tingsrätten.
• Advokaterna ville reda ut frågan med Bureau of Prisons men de svarade inte på samtal och mejl.

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Sam Bankman-Fried, grundaren av den nu konkurserade kryptobörsen FTX, har inte kunnat fokusera på sin egen rättegång, enligt advokaterna som representerar den skamfilade kryptoentreprenören, som också är känd som SBF inom sektorn för digitala tillgångar. Intressant nog har de juridiska ombuden bett en amerikansk domare om Adderall för långfrigivning.

A brev was sent to the New York District Judge Lewis Kaplan on October 15, wherein the lawyers asked if the FTX founder could take a “12-hour extended-release 20-mg dose of Adderall” before he’s transported to trial on October 16. Interestingly, key witnesses, including Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison, have testified against SBF until now, revealing shocking information.

SBF’s lawyers claimed that the lack of the prescribed stimulant during trial hours meant that the FTX founder would be unable to “concentrate at the level he ordinarily would.” These comments come at a time when the digital asset sector is left wondering if the former ‘white knight’ of the crypto sector will testify in court. Additionally, the lawyers believe that the entrepreneur won’t be able to “meaningfully participate” in presenting his defense without the prescribed medication.

Despite the lack of his medication during the trial hours, the lawyers claim that SBF has been “doing his best to remain focused during the trial,” said the letter written to Judge Kaplan. Moreover, even if Bankman-Fried is allowed the medication during trial hours, there’s “no way of knowing at present whether the extended-release dose will be effective,” the letter added.

The legal representatives of the FTX founder asked the court to stop the trial for one day, i.e., Tuesday, October 17, if SBF could not take the long-release dose or if the medication didn’t work, so they could “find a solution that will work for the remainder of [the] trial.” The lawyers also asked the judge’s permission to provide SBF with the medication at the District Court during the trial. 

Det avslöjades också att advokaterna försökte reda ut frågan med Bureau of Prisons, som inte svarade på samtalen och mejlen mellan den 7 oktober och 12 oktober.

Som rapporterats tidigare är FTX-gården för närvarande upptagen återvinna pengarna som SBF skickade för reklaminnehåll to major celebrities like Shaq O’Neal and Kevin O’Leary.

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