Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, has not refuted sharing former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison's journal with the New York Times.
The Justice Department Argues That Bankman-Fried Went Beyond Providing a "Fair Comment" by Disclosing the Diary
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, has not refuted sharing former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison's journal with the New York Times, according to a document filed by the US Department of Justice; as a result, he may be "detained pending trial."
The Justice Department argues that Bankman-Fried went beyond providing a "fair comment" by disclosing the diary, which his legal team acknowledged as much during a court hearing last Wednesday and in a filing earlier this week.
Bankman-Fried allegedly conducted illicit actions to unlawfully discredit a trial witness and taint the jury pool, according to the Justice Department. The document also implied that the defense team had distorted Bankman-Fried's conduct.
The New York Times may have been informed about Ellison's journal by Bankman-Fried himself prior to sharing those records with the news organization, according to the Justice Department.
The Southern District of New York court presiding over the case, court Lewis Kaplan, may set an additional hearing to go over the documents.
