Advokater for Sam Bankman-Fried indsendte søndag et brev til dommer Lewis Kaplan, hvori de anmodede om, at FTX-grundlæggeren fik adgang til sin ordinerede medicin under hans igangværende svindelsag, og sagde, at han ikke er i stand til at fokusere uden den.
arkivering af forsvaret sagde, at Bankman-Fried har opmærksomhedsunderskud hyperaktivitetsforstyrrelse (ADHD) og fik ordineret medicinen Adderall, der skulle tages i løbet af dagen. Siden begyndelsen af retssagen for to uger siden har han dog kun fået tilladelse til at tage stoffet én gang tidligt om morgenen, før han blev transporteret til retten.
“Mr. Bankman-Fried has been doing his best to remain focused during the trial for the past two weeks, despite not having his prescribed dose of Adderall during trial hours,” the letter read. “However, as we approach the defense case and the critical decision of whether Mr. Bankman-Fried will testify, the defense has a growing concern that because of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s lack of access to Adderall he has not been able to concentrate at the level he ordinarily would.”
Forsvarsadvokaterne sagde, at de har forsøgt at løse problemet med fængselsbetjentene, men modtog intet svar. De foreslog, at deres klient fik en forlænget 12-timers dosis Adderall mandag morgen, før retssagen genoptages, men bemærkede, at der ikke er nogen garanti for, at fængselsembedsmænd vil give dette - eller at det vil være effektivt.
“If the current proposal does not work, either because the extended-release dose is not provided or it fails to have the desired effect, we respectfully request that trial be adjourned for one day on Tuesday, October 17, to find a solution that will work for the remainder of trial,” the letter stated.
Failing that, the filing asks the court to issue an order to allow Bankman-Fried’s attorneys to provide him the drug at the courthouse on trial days.
The filing comes as Bankman-Fried’s trial on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud heads into its third week. He is being prosecuted over the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange FTX last year. He faces up to 115 years in prison if convicted.
The fallen crypto mogul’s need for medication came up under hans første møde i retten in the Bahamas last December, when he requested permission to apply a patch containing prescription medication he had been without since his arrest. Pre-written remarks Bankman-Fried had planned to give Congress also mentioned he takes a patch medication called Emsam to treat depression. It’s unclear if Bankman-Fried is still taking or prescribed Emsam.
Ud over at være ude af stand til at få adgang til ordineret medicin, har Bankman-Fried også kæmpet for at opretholde sin strenge veganske diæt, mens han var varetægtsfængslet, hvilket efterlod ham begrænset til brød, vand og jordnøddesmør.
I betragtning af søndagens indgivelse og dens anmodning om indkvartering på mandag, har dommer Kaplan begrænset tid til at gennemgå og eventuelt imødekomme anmodningen om medicinadgang.
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