Sam Bankman-Fried May Testify at Trial, Defense Says. First, He Needs His ADHD Meds
The defense team is nearing crunch time.
The defense team is nearing crunch time.
The trial for the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX is scheduled to start Tuesday, and his lawyers are scoping out the range of arguments they might present.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team can’t stress the role of attorneys at Fenwick & West in his opening statement, but can still try raising the “advice-of-counsel” defense later in the trial, Judge Lewis Kaplan said Sunday.
In a separate filing, prosecutors went about prepping the courthouse’s tech.