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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Larry Neumeister

Jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can’t prepare for trial with ‘inadequate’ conditions, lawyers say

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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.

The lawyers made their complaints at a Manhattan federal court hearing after Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to seven charges he'll face at his Oct. 3 trial, including wire fraud and multiple conspiracy counts.

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