In a new twist of events, the judge responsible for delivering a sentence in the FTX founder’s ongoing trial has been flooded with leniency letters. These “pleading” and “leniency” letters have been written by FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried’s friends and acquaintances.
These letters consist of several requests for the judge’s leniency while sentencing SBF in the ongoing FTX trial case.
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What Happened?
In a new development course, SBF lawyers have received more than two dozen letters from people. According to a new Bloomberg report, these letters are written by people who want to accompany SBF’s sentencing recommendation committee.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the now-collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is guilty of seven charges, including fraud and conspiracy.
Furthermore, SBF’s mother and Stanford law professor Barbara Bankman Fried also wrote a letter to the presiding judge in hopes of clearing his freaky public image.
While clarifying her son’s eccentric manners, Barbara shared how his son’s mannerisms mimic behavioral traits associated with autism spectrum disorder. She further added how solitary confinement for her son could prove detrimental to his health.
“Miscommunication in that environment is dangerous, and Sam’s traits greatly elevate the likelihood of its occurring. Putting him in solitary confinement to protect him from others is no solution. It is just a more certain form of murder, and in many ways, a crueler one, slowly destroying his soul rather than his body,” Barbara shared.
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SBF’s Psychiatrist Confirms Barbara Bankman Fried’s Evaluation.
Amid all this, a letter from George Lerner, Bankman Fried’s psychiatrist, has also caught public attention. In the letter, Lerner echoes Barbara’s stance, stating that Bankman-Fried indeed is on the autism spectrum.
Lerner shared how his patient wasn’t motivated by greed and that his psychiatric conditions “led others to misinterpret his behavior and motivations.”