Decide Lewis Kaplan largely upheld his pretrial evidentiary rulings within the case towards FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, in accordance with an Oct. 11 courtroom submitting.
Kaplan granted reconsideration on sure points challenged by Bankman-Fried’s protection however maintained his selections to preclude arguments about FTX’s lack of regulation and proof associated to the agency’s chapter proceedings.
The decide did make clear that he would enable proof of Bankman-Fried’s charitable contributions and philanthropy, supplied it’s supplied for a correct objective moderately than to reveal a scarcity of prison propensity.
Within the submitting, Kaplan rejected claims that his rulings have been inconsistent. He disagreed with the protection’s assertion that it had opposed the federal government’s movement to dam arguments about FTX’s regulatory standing.
Bankman-Fried faces fraud and conspiracy fees within the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency alternate.
His attorneys had requested reconsideration and clarification of Kaplan’s evidentiary selections in an Oct. 2 letter. Whereas granting reexamination on particular factors, Kaplan largely adhered to his authentic rulings.
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